diff --git a/srcpkgs/mdadm/template b/srcpkgs/mdadm/template
index 24dc798d583..c502ed133c5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mdadm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mdadm/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'mdadm'
 pkgname=mdadm
 version=3.3.2
-revision=2
+revision=3
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="libudev-devel"
@@ -13,9 +13,15 @@ homepage="http://neil.brown.name/blog/mdadm"
 distfiles="ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/raid/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=0f3a7e1a76b13892b79f9fceaf99ecb23513260389a768ac644ffa3ae06e5b8c
 
+build_options="systemd"
+
 do_install() {
-    make CC=$CC BINDIR=/usr/sbin STRIP= PREFIX=/usr \
-	SYSTEMD_DIR=/usr/lib/systemd/system DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} install install-systemd
-    vsconf mdadm.conf-example mdadm.conf
-    vsv mdadm
+	make CC=$CC BINDIR=/usr/sbin STRIP= PREFIX=/usr DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} install
+	if [ "$build_option_systemd" ]; then
+		make CC=$CC BINDIR=/usr/sbin STRIP= PREFIX=/usr \
+			SYSTEMD_DIR=/usr/lib/systemd/system DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} install-systemd
+	else
+		vsv mdadm
+	fi
+	vsconf mdadm.conf-example mdadm.conf
 }