diff --git a/Makefile.inc b/Makefile.inc
index c2abd30..220009e 100644
--- a/Makefile.inc
+++ b/Makefile.inc
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ endif
 
 ifndef SYSTEMD
 	ifeq ($(shell pkg-config --modversion libsystemd >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo 1), 1)
-		SYSTEMD = $(shell pkg-config --modversion libsystemd)
+		SYSTEMD = $(shell pkg-config --modversion libsystemd | awk '{print $$1}')
 	else
 		ifeq ($(shell systemctl --version >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo 1), 1)
 			SYSTEMD = $(shell systemctl --version 2> /dev/null | \