diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/psplash/psplash_git.bb b/meta/recipes-core/psplash/psplash_git.bb
index b0d6bb4070..44297e1a69 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/psplash/psplash_git.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/psplash/psplash_git.bb
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ FILES_${PN} += "/mnt/.psplash"
 INITSCRIPT_NAME = "psplash.sh"
 INITSCRIPT_PARAMS = "start 0 S . stop 20 0 1 6 ."
 
-DEPENDS_append = " ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','systemd','systemd-systemctl-native','',d)}"
+PACKAGE_WRITE_DEPS_append = " ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','systemd','systemd-systemctl-native','',d)}"
 pkg_postinst_${PN} () {
 	if ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','systemd','true','false',d)}; then
 		if [ -n "$D" ]; then