diff --git a/tmpfiles.d/meson.build b/tmpfiles.d/meson.build
index b94a9d0f47..f14b4fc6df 100644
--- a/tmpfiles.d/meson.build
+++ b/tmpfiles.d/meson.build
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ enable_tmpfiles = conf.get('ENABLE_TMPFILES') == 1
 
 tmpfiles = [['home.conf',            ''],
             ['journal-nocow.conf',   ''],
-            ['systemd-nologin.conf', ''],
+            ['systemd-nologin.conf', 'HAVE_PAM'],
             ['systemd-nspawn.conf',  'ENABLE_MACHINED'],
             ['systemd-tmp.conf',     ''],
             ['portables.conf',       'ENABLE_PORTABLED'],