diff --git a/srcpkgs/cups/template b/srcpkgs/cups/template
index 8bde5c2f02..1edc92a135 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cups/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cups/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'cups'
 pkgname=cups
 version=1.7.4
-revision=1
+revision=2
 patch_args="-Np1"
 short_desc="Common Unix Printing System"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
@@ -12,11 +12,9 @@ checksum=1f440cc55f5de7cfad546862413a1bf3b3410cf25e17d09c32587acb323a25ed
 
 hostmakedepends="automake pkg-config poppler-utils"
 makedepends="
- acl-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel libpng-devel>=1.5.10 tiff-devel
- libressl-devel pam-devel poppler-devel libusb-devel avahi-libs-devel
- systemd-devel bc"
+ bc acl-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel libpng-devel>=1.5.10 tiff-devel
+ libressl-devel pam-devel poppler-devel libusb-devel avahi-libs-devel"
 depends="libcups>=${version}_${revision} cups-filters bc"
-systemd_services="cups.socket on"
 conf_files="
 	/etc/cups/cupsd.conf
 	/etc/cups/snmp.conf
@@ -32,6 +30,16 @@ make_dirs="
 	/var/spool/cups 	0755 root lp
 	/etc/cups/ssl 		0700 root lp"
 
+
+# Package build options
+build_options="systemd"
+
+if [ "$build_option_systemd" ]; then
+	makedepends+=" systemd-devel"
+	configure_args+=" --with-systemdsystemunitdir=/usr/lib/systemd/system"
+	systemd_services="cups.socket on"
+fi
+
 pre_configure() {
 	aclocal -I config-scripts
 	autoconf -I config-scripts
@@ -44,7 +52,6 @@ do_configure() {
 		--with-docdir=/usr/share/cups/doc --disable-gssapi \
 		--with-cups-user=daemon --with-cups-group=lp --enable-relro \
 		--enable-avahi --enable-pam --enable-openssl --disable-gnutls \
-		--with-systemdsystemunitdir=/usr/lib/systemd/system \
 		--with-menudir=/usr/share/applications \
 		--with-optim="${CFLAGS}"
 }