diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/modutils-initscripts/modutils-initscripts.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/modutils-initscripts/modutils-initscripts.bb
index db670cfbb4..0f3df5577b 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/modutils-initscripts/modutils-initscripts.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/modutils-initscripts/modutils-initscripts.bb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ do_install () {
 	install -m 0755 ${WORKDIR}/modutils.sh ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/
 }
 
-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