diff --git a/utils/procps/BUILD b/utils/procps/BUILD
index 81e1713cf..f48c4f629 100644
--- a/utils/procps/BUILD
+++ b/utils/procps/BUILD
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
   fi  &&
 
   cp $SCRIPT_DIRECTORY/init.d/sysctl /etc/init.d  &&
-  ln -sf ../init.d/sysctl /etc/rcS.d/S99sysctl    &&
+  if ! module_installed systemd; then
+    ln -sf ../init.d/sysctl /etc/rcS.d/S99sysctl
+  fi  &&
 
   if [ ! -e /etc/sysctl.conf ] ; then
     install -g0 -o0 -m0600 $SCRIPT_DIRECTORY/sysctl.conf /etc