diff --git a/sys-cluster/pcs/pcs-0.10.7.ebuild b/sys-cluster/pcs/pcs-0.10.7.ebuild
index 2811b60e76..6e2acc6bc7 100644
--- a/sys-cluster/pcs/pcs-0.10.7.ebuild
+++ b/sys-cluster/pcs/pcs-0.10.7.ebuild
@@ -87,8 +87,10 @@ src_install() {
 	dosym ../../sbin/pcs "${EPREFIX}/usr/lib/pcs/pcs"
 
 	# use Debian style systemd unit (with config in /etc/default/pcsd)
-	systemd_newunit "${S}/pcsd/pcsd.service.debian" "pcsd.service"
-	systemd_newunit "${S}/pcsd/pcsd-ruby.service" "pcsd-daemon.service"
+	if use systemd ; then
+		systemd_newunit "${S}/pcsd/pcsd.service.debian" "pcsd.service"
+		systemd_newunit "${S}/pcsd/pcsd-ruby.service" "pcsd-daemon.service"
+	fi
 	# custom service file for openRC
 	newinitd "${FILESDIR}/pcsd.initd" pcsd || die
 	newinitd "${FILESDIR}/pcsd-daemon.initd" pcsd-daemon || die