diff --git a/src/log/logwriters/journald.cpp b/src/log/logwriters/journald.cpp
index f0fc85f..a25537f 100644
--- a/src/log/logwriters/journald.cpp
+++ b/src/log/logwriters/journald.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@
  * @brief  Implementation of JournaldWriter
  */

+#include "config.h"
+
+#ifdef HAVE_SYSTEMD
+
 #include <sys/uio.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <string>
@@ -34,8 +38,6 @@
 #include "log/logwriters/journald.hpp"


-#ifdef HAVE_SYSTEMD
-
 JournaldWriter::JournaldWriter()
     : LogWriter()
 {