diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_206.bb b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_206.bb
index 3f3a6c37d1..2d0ce9b062 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_206.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_206.bb
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ python __anonymous() {
 # TODO:
 # u-a for runlevel and telinit
 
-ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "init halt reboot shutdown poweroff"
+ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "init halt reboot shutdown poweroff runlevel"
 
 ALTERNATIVE_TARGET[init] = "${rootlibexecdir}/systemd/systemd"
 ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[init] = "${base_sbindir}/init"
@@ -284,6 +284,10 @@ ALTERNATIVE_TARGET[poweroff] = "${base_bindir}/systemctl"
 ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[poweroff] = "${base_sbindir}/poweroff"
 ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY[poweroff] ?= "300"
 
+ALTERNATIVE_TARGET[runlevel] = "${base_bindir}/systemctl"
+ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[runlevel] = "${base_sbindir}/runlevel"
+ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY[runlevel] ?= "300"
+
 pkg_postinst_udev-hwdb () {
 	if test -n "$D"; then
 		${@qemu_run_binary(d, '$D', '${base_bindir}/udevadm')} hwdb --update \