diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc
index c4142e2b72..6902bc0c44 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc
@@ -886,6 +886,7 @@ RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-wic-tools = "Unassigned <unassigned@yoctoproject.org>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-wireless-regdb = "Unassigned <unassigned@yoctoproject.org>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-wpa-supplicant = "Unassigned <unassigned@yoctoproject.org>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-wpebackend-fdo = "Unassigned <unassigned@yoctoproject.org>"
+RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-x11-volatiles = "Unassigned <unassigned@yoctoproject.org>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-x11perf = "Unassigned <unassigned@yoctoproject.org>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-x264 = "Unassigned <unassigned@yoctoproject.org>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-xauth = "Unassigned <unassigned@yoctoproject.org>"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-graphics/x11-common/x11-volatiles.bb b/meta/recipes-graphics/x11-common/x11-volatiles.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..23bd6e1661
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-graphics/x11-common/x11-volatiles.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+SUMMARY = "Xserver Volatile Directories"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/GPL-2.0-only;md5=801f80980d171dd6425610833a22dbe6"
+SECTION = "x11"
+
+SRC_URI = "file://02_x11"
+
+S = "${UNPACKDIR}"
+
+inherit bin_package features_check
+
+REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "x11"
+CONFLICT_DISTRO_FEATURES = "systemd"
+
+do_install() {
+	install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/default/volatiles
+	install -m 0644 ${UNPACKDIR}/02_x11 ${D}${sysconfdir}/default/volatiles
+}
+
+FILES:${PN} += "${sysconfdir}/default/volatiles"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-graphics/x11-common/x11-volatiles/02_x11 b/meta/recipes-graphics/x11-common/x11-volatiles/02_x11
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..35c3698479
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-graphics/x11-common/x11-volatiles/02_x11
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Volatile entries to match systemd
+# https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/main/tmpfiles.d/x11.conf
+d root root 1777 /tmp/.X11-unix none
+d root root 1777 /tmp/.ICE-unix none
+d root root 1777 /tmp/.XIM-unix none
+d root root 1777 /tmp/.font-unix none
diff --git a/meta/recipes-graphics/xorg-xserver/xserver-xorg_21.1.18.bb b/meta/recipes-graphics/xorg-xserver/xserver-xorg_21.1.18.bb
index 14c45be432..3c8cb0173f 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-graphics/xorg-xserver/xserver-xorg_21.1.18.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-graphics/xorg-xserver/xserver-xorg_21.1.18.bb
@@ -26,3 +26,5 @@ RCONFLICTS:${PN} = "${PN}-extension-dri \
                     ${PN}-extension-extmod \
                     ${PN}-extension-dbe \
                    "
+
+RDEPENDS:${PN} += "${@bb.utils.contains("DISTRO_FEATURES", "systemd", "", "x11-volatiles", d)}"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-graphics/xwayland/xwayland_24.1.8.bb b/meta/recipes-graphics/xwayland/xwayland_24.1.8.bb
index 900da524b3..a621af1a7f 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-graphics/xwayland/xwayland_24.1.8.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-graphics/xwayland/xwayland_24.1.8.bb
@@ -47,4 +47,4 @@ do_install:append() {
 
 FILES:${PN} += "${libdir}/xorg/protocol.txt"
 
-RDEPENDS:${PN} += "xkbcomp"
+RDEPENDS:${PN} += "xkbcomp ${@bb.utils.contains("DISTRO_FEATURES", "systemd", "", "x11-volatiles", d)}"