diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index fef60f3..d7f1bfa 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -40,3 +40,4 @@ sources/gawk-5.3.1.tar.xz filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
 sources/openssl-3.4.0.tar.gz filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
 sources/sed-4.9.tar.xz filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
 sources/tar-1.35.tar.xz filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
+sources/systemd-257.2.tar.gz filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 9092627..7eb5666 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -1585,6 +1585,42 @@ if [ ! -f "$STEPS_DIR/libcap2" ]; then
     touch "$STEPS_DIR/libcap2"
 fi
 
+# build systemd
+if [ ! -f "$STEPS_DIR/systemd" ]; then
+    if [ ! -d "$TMP_BUILD_DIR/systemd" ]; then
+        tar -xf "$BASE_DIR/sources/systemd-257.2.tar.gz"
+        mv "systemd-257.2" "$TMP_BUILD_DIR/systemd"
+    fi
+    cd "$TMP_BUILD_DIR/systemd"
+
+    LANG=en_US.UTF-8               \
+    meson --prefix=/usr            \
+      --sysconfdir=/etc            \
+      --localstatedir=/var         \
+      -Dblkid=enabled              \
+      -Dbuildtype=release          \
+      -Ddefault-dnssec=no          \
+      -Dfirstboot=false            \
+      -Dinstall-tests=false        \
+      -Dkmod-path=/bin/kmod        \
+      -Dldconfig=false             \
+      -Dmount-path=/bin/mount      \
+      -Drootprefix=                \
+      -Drootlibdir=/lib            \
+      -Dsplit-usr=true             \
+      -Dsulogin-path=/sbin/sulogin \
+      -Dsysusers=false             \
+      -Dumount-path=/bin/umount    \
+      -Db_lto=false                \
+      -Drpmmacrosdir=no            \
+      . --cross-file "$CROSS_TOOLS_DIR/meson_cross.txt" build-$TARGET_MACHINE_TRIPLET
+
+
+    cd "$BASE_DIR"
+    rm -rf "$TMP_BUILD_DIR/systemd"
+    #touch "$STEPS_DIR/systemd"
+fi
+
 for f in "$LFS"/usr/bin/*; do
     if "$READELF" -h $f | grep -Fq "Executable"; then
         echo "Stripping $f..."
diff --git a/sources/systemd-257.2.tar.gz b/sources/systemd-257.2.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..51cd810
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