diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix
index dfa99959b30..7e7f69a2bbb 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 assert stdenv.gcc.libc or null != null;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "systemd-200";
+  version = "200";
+  name = "systemd-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/${name}.tar.xz";
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isArm ./libc-bug-accept4-arm.patch;
 
   buildInputs =
-    [ pkgconfig intltool gperf libcap dbus kmod xz pam acl
+    [ pkgconfig intltool gperf libcap dbus.libs kmod xz pam acl
       /* cryptsetup */ libuuid m4 glib libxslt libgcrypt docbook_xsl
     ];
 
@@ -116,6 +117,19 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # runtime; otherwise we can't and we need to reboot.
   passthru.interfaceVersion = 2;
 
+  passthru.headers = stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    name = "systemd-headers-${version}";
+    inherit src;
+
+    phases = [ "unpackPhase" "installPhase" ];
+
+    # some are needed by dbus.libs, which is needed for systemd :-)
+    installPhase = ''
+      mkdir -p "$out/include/systemd"
+      mv src/systemd/*.h "$out/include/systemd"
+    '';
+  };
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd";
     description = "A system and service manager for Linux";
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/fix-tests-1.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/fix-tests-1.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..14bb0fa2708
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/fix-tests-1.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artag...@gmail.com>
+---
+ Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote:
+ > $ ./test-id128
+ > random: a08ea8ed34594d4bbd953dd182ec86f9
+ > Assertion 'sd_id128_get_machine(&id) == 0' failed at
+ > src/test/test-id128.c:41, function main(). Aborting.
+ > [1]    8017 abort (core dumped)  ./test-id128
+ 
+ Okay, this test fails because I don't have a /etc/machine-id -- I
+ thought systemd is supposed to create it?  However, from the logic in
+ src/core/machine-id-setup.c, it looks like although open() is called
+ with O_CREAT on /etc/machine-id, systemd barfs if the file isn't
+ present.  How about changing this?
+
+ src/core/machine-id-setup.c |   12 +++++-------
+ src/test/test-id128.c       |    6 ++++--
+ 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/core/machine-id-setup.c b/src/core/machine-id-setup.c
+index 7f4c23b..3f21d58 100644
+--- a/src/core/machine-id-setup.c
++++ b/src/core/machine-id-setup.c
+@@ -168,12 +168,8 @@ int machine_id_setup(void) {
+                 writable = true;
+         else {
+                 fd = open("/etc/machine-id", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC|O_NOCTTY);
+-                if (fd < 0) {
+-                        umask(m);
+-                        log_error("Cannot open /etc/machine-id: %m");
+-                        return -errno;
+-                }
+-
++                if (fd < 0)
++                        goto generate;
+                 writable = false;
+         }
+ 
+@@ -192,7 +188,9 @@ int machine_id_setup(void) {
+                 }
+         }
+ 
+-        /* Hmm, so, the id currently stored is not useful, then let's
++generate:
++        /* Hmm, so, either /etc/machine-id doesn't exist, the id
++         * currently stored is not useful, then let's
+          * generate one */
+ 
+         r = generate(id);
+diff --git a/src/test/test-id128.c b/src/test/test-id128.c
+index bfd743e..60902d0 100644
+--- a/src/test/test-id128.c
++++ b/src/test/test-id128.c
+@@ -38,8 +38,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+         assert_se(sd_id128_from_string(t, &id2) == 0);
+         assert_se(sd_id128_equal(id, id2));
+ 
+-        assert_se(sd_id128_get_machine(&id) == 0);
+-        printf("machine: %s\n", sd_id128_to_string(id, t));
++        if (sd_id128_get_machine(&id) < 0)
++                printf("machine: run systemd-machine-id-setup first\n");
++        else
++                printf("machine: %s\n", sd_id128_to_string(id, t));
+ 
+         assert_se(sd_id128_get_boot(&id) == 0);
+         printf("boot: %s\n", sd_id128_to_string(id, t));
+-- 
+1.7.8.1.362.g5d6df.dirty
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/no-global-install.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/no-global-install.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6567251d57a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/no-global-install.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
+index 05bf582..aa16a7c 100644
+--- a/Makefile.am
++++ b/Makefile.am
+@@ -2568,11 +2568,6 @@ endif
+ # "adm" and "wheel".
+ libsystemd-journal-install-hook:
+ 	libname=libsystemd-journal.so && $(move-to-rootlibdir)
+-	$(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)/var/log/journal
+-	-chown 0:0 $(DESTDIR)/var/log/journal
+-	-chmod 755 $(DESTDIR)/var/log/journal
+-	-setfacl -nm g:adm:rx,d:g:adm:rx $(DESTDIR)/var/log/journal/
+-	-setfacl -nm g:wheel:rx,d:g:wheel:rx $(DESTDIR)/var/log/journal/
+ 
+ libsystemd-journal-uninstall-hook:
+ 	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(rootlibdir)/libsystemd-journal.so*
+@@ -3676,9 +3671,6 @@ if HAVE_SYSV_COMPAT
+ sysvinit_DATA = \
+ 	docs/sysvinit/README
+ 
+-varlog_DATA = \
+-	docs/var-log/README
+-
+ docs/sysvinit/README: docs/sysvinit/README.in
+ 	$(SED_PROCESS)
+