diff --git a/src/systemctl/meson.build b/src/systemctl/meson.build
index 88f73bf502..46218dc8ef 100644
--- a/src/systemctl/meson.build
+++ b/src/systemctl/meson.build
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ executables += [
                         libzstd_cflags,
                         threads,
                 ],
+                'install_tag' : 'systemctl',
         },
         fuzz_template + {
                 'sources' : [