diff --git a/recipes/grpc/all/conanfile.py b/recipes/grpc/all/conanfile.py
index b9a2e46e7029a..0dc9dad8aa3db 100644
--- a/recipes/grpc/all/conanfile.py
+++ b/recipes/grpc/all/conanfile.py
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ def _module_path(self):
     def _grpc_components(self):
 
         def libsystemd():
-            return ["libsystemd::libsystemd"] if self._supports_libsystemd else []
+            return ["libsystemd::libsystemd"] if self._supports_libsystemd and self.options.with_libsystemd else []
 
         def libm():
             return ["m"] if self.settings.os in ["Linux", "FreeBSD"] else []