diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 3bdd87fc6b..bdde42b996 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -680,9 +680,16 @@ if id_result.returncode() == 0
                         '        Your build will result in an group table setup that is incompatible with the local system.')
         endif
 endif
+if nobody_user != nobody_group and not (nobody_user == 'nobody' and nobody_group == 'nogroup')
+        message('WARNING:\n' +
+                '        The configured user name "@0@" and group name "@0@" of the nobody user/group are not equivalent.\n'.format(nobody_user, nobody_group) +
+                '        Please re-check that both "nobody-user" and "nobody-group" options are correctly set.')
+endif
 
 conf.set_quoted('NOBODY_USER_NAME', nobody_user)
 conf.set_quoted('NOBODY_GROUP_NAME', nobody_group)
+substs.set('NOBODY_USER_NAME', nobody_user)
+substs.set('NOBODY_GROUP_NAME', nobody_group)
 
 tty_gid = get_option('tty-gid')
 conf.set('TTY_GID', tty_gid)
diff --git a/src/test/test-acl-util.c b/src/test/test-acl-util.c
index 7b66e189ba..70ffdbc519 100644
--- a/src/test/test-acl-util.c
+++ b/src/test/test-acl-util.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static void test_add_acls_for_user(void) {
         assert_se(system(cmd) == 0);
 
         if (getuid() == 0) {
-                const char *nobody = "nobody";
+                const char *nobody = NOBODY_USER_NAME;
                 r = get_user_creds(&nobody, &uid, NULL, NULL, NULL);
                 if (r < 0)
                         uid = 0;
diff --git a/src/test/test-capability.c b/src/test/test-capability.c
index 6c41e1ca15..e5db52d404 100644
--- a/src/test/test-capability.c
+++ b/src/test/test-capability.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static int setup_tests(bool *run_ambient) {
         struct passwd *nobody;
         int r;
 
-        nobody = getpwnam("nobody");
+        nobody = getpwnam(NOBODY_USER_NAME);
         if (!nobody) {
                 log_error_errno(errno, "Could not find nobody user: %m");
                 return -EXIT_TEST_SKIP;
diff --git a/sysusers.d/basic.conf.in b/sysusers.d/basic.conf.in
index 78b764bdef..8e358c02d6 100644
--- a/sysusers.d/basic.conf.in
+++ b/sysusers.d/basic.conf.in
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 u root    0     "Super User" /root
 
 # The nobody user for NFS file systems
-u nobody  65534 "Nobody"     -
+u @NOBODY_USER_NAME@  65534 "Nobody"     -
 
 # Administrator group: can *see* more than normal users
 g adm     -     -            -