diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_253.1.bb b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_253.1.bb
index 4a0bb18254..1d4e0e71e2 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_253.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_253.1.bb
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ rootlibdir ?= "${base_libdir}"
 rootlibexecdir = "${rootprefix}/lib"
 
 EXTRA_OEMESON += "-Dnobody-user=nobody \
-                  -Dnobody-group=nobody \
+                  -Dnobody-group=nogroup \
                   -Drootlibdir=${rootlibdir} \
                   -Drootprefix=${rootprefix} \
                   -Ddefault-locale=C \