diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index be28dfa0d4..8ea234405a 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -953,3 +953,7 @@ libbind9.so.80			bind-libs		bind-devel
 libisccfg.so.82 		bind-libs		bind-devel
 libisc.so.83			bind-libs		bind-devel
 libisccc.so.80			bind-libs		bind-devel
+libsystemd-daemon.so.0		systemd-libs		systemd-devel
+libsystemd-id128.so.0 		systemd-libs		systemd-devel
+libsystemd-journal.so.0 	systemd-libs		systemd-devel
+libsystemd-login.so.0 		systemd-libs		systemd-devel
diff --git a/srcpkgs/systemd-libs b/srcpkgs/systemd-libs
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..1514658181
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/systemd-libs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+systemd
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/systemd/depends b/srcpkgs/systemd/depends
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28f368156e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/systemd/depends
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+abi_depends=">=43"
+api_depends="${abi_depends}"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/systemd/systemd-devel.template b/srcpkgs/systemd/systemd-devel.template
index 891bed610b..26be3c5d8f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/systemd/systemd-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/systemd/systemd-devel.template
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@ long_desc="${long_desc}
 
  This package contains development files and/or documentation."
 
+revision=1
 noarch=yes
+Add_dependency run systemd-libs
 
-do_install()
-{
+do_install() {
 	vmove usr/include usr
 	vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig usr/lib
 	vmove usr/share/man/man3 usr/share/man
diff --git a/srcpkgs/systemd/systemd-libs.rshlibs b/srcpkgs/systemd/systemd-libs.rshlibs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..600fb803af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/systemd/systemd-libs.rshlibs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+libdl.so.2
+librt.so.1
+libc.so.6
+libcap.so.2
+ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
+liblzma.so.5
diff --git a/srcpkgs/systemd/systemd-libs.template b/srcpkgs/systemd/systemd-libs.template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a0382f4fe0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/systemd/systemd-libs.template
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Template file for 'systemd-libs'.
+#
+short_desc="${sourcepkg} - runtime libraries"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains the runtime libraries."
+
+replaces="systemd<43_1"
+
+do_install() {
+	vmove "usr/lib/*.so*" usr/lib
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/systemd/systemd.rshlibs b/srcpkgs/systemd/systemd.rshlibs
index 2b45e41830..8e7500604e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/systemd/systemd.rshlibs
+++ b/srcpkgs/systemd/systemd.rshlibs
@@ -12,3 +12,7 @@ libpam_misc.so.0
 ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
 liblzma.so.5
 libkmod.so.2
+libsystemd-daemon.so.0
+libsystemd-journal.so.0
+libsystemd-login.so.0
+libsystemd-id128.so.0
diff --git a/srcpkgs/systemd/template b/srcpkgs/systemd/template
index 7778ea238a..fef610728c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/systemd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/systemd/template
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'systemd'
 pkgname=systemd
 version=43
+revision=1
 distfiles="http://www.freedesktop.org/software/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-distro=other --with-rootprefix=
@@ -20,7 +21,9 @@ long_desc="
  implements an elaborate transactional dependency-based service control logic. 
  It can work as a drop-in replacement for sysvinit."
 
-subpackages="systemd-admin systemd-analyze systemd-gnome-passwd-agent systemd-devel"
+subpackages="systemd-admin systemd-analyze systemd-gnome-passwd-agent"
+subpackages="${subpackages} systemd-devel systemd-libs"
+
 system_groups="lock"
 
 conf_files="