diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/sysklogd/sysklogd.inc b/meta/recipes-extended/sysklogd/sysklogd.inc
index 11673283f6..3a518103ea 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/sysklogd/sysklogd.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/sysklogd/sysklogd.inc
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ do_install () {
 	install -m 755 ${WORKDIR}/sysklogd ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/syslog
 }
 
-ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "100"
+# sysklogd package has no internal systemd support, so we weigh busybox's
+# sysklogd utility over it in case of systemd
+ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "${@base_contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','systemd','10','100',d)}"
 
 ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "syslogd klogd syslog-init syslog-conf"