diff --git a/src/basic/build.h b/src/basic/build.h
index 7a59059080..c47e912eb0 100644
--- a/src/basic/build.h
+++ b/src/basic/build.h
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
 #define _PCRE2_FEATURE_ "-PCRE2"
 #endif
 
-#define _CGROUP_HIEARCHY_ "default-hierarchy=" DEFAULT_HIERARCHY_NAME
+#define _CGROUP_HIERARCHY_ "default-hierarchy=" DEFAULT_HIERARCHY_NAME
 
 #define SYSTEMD_FEATURES                                                \
         _PAM_FEATURE_ " "                                               \
@@ -153,4 +153,4 @@
         _IDN2_FEATURE_ " "                                              \
         _IDN_FEATURE_ " "                                               \
         _PCRE2_FEATURE_ " "                                             \
-        _CGROUP_HIEARCHY_
+        _CGROUP_HIERARCHY_
diff --git a/src/test/test-cgroup-util.c b/src/test/test-cgroup-util.c
index a3239d73f5..b54b5e76c6 100644
--- a/src/test/test-cgroup-util.c
+++ b/src/test/test-cgroup-util.c
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ static void test_is_wanted_print(bool header) {
         log_info("cmdline: %s", cmdline);
         if (header) {
 
-                log_info(_CGROUP_HIEARCHY_);
+                log_info(_CGROUP_HIERARCHY_);
                 (void) system("findmnt -n /sys/fs/cgroup");
         }