diff --git a/net-p2p/transmission/files/libsystemd.patch b/net-p2p/transmission/files/libsystemd.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5db47ef39bd94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-p2p/transmission/files/libsystemd.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
+             [Add support for systemd startup notification (default is autodetected)]),
+             [USE_SYSTEMD_DAEMON=$withval], [USE_SYSTEMD_DAEMON=auto])
+ AS_IF([test "x$USE_SYSTEMD_DAEMON" != "xno"], [
+-    PKG_CHECK_MODULES([SYSTEMD_DAEMON], [libsystemd-daemon],
++    PKG_CHECK_MODULES([SYSTEMD_DAEMON], [libsystemd],
+         [AC_DEFINE(USE_SYSTEMD_DAEMON,1,[Use systemd startup notification])],
+         [AS_IF([test "x$USE_SYSTEMD_DAEMON" = "xyes"],
+             [AC_MSG_ERROR([systemd startup notification support requested, but libsystemd-daemon not found.])]
diff --git a/net-p2p/transmission/transmission-2.92.ebuild b/net-p2p/transmission/transmission-2.92.ebuild
index 96c12efa4813a..68a80b363dd92 100644
--- a/net-p2p/transmission/transmission-2.92.ebuild
+++ b/net-p2p/transmission/transmission-2.92.ebuild
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ RDEPEND=">=dev-libs/libevent-2.0.10:=
 		>=x11-libs/gtk+-3.4:3=
 		ayatana? ( >=dev-libs/libappindicator-0.4.90:3= )
 		)
-	systemd? ( sys-apps/systemd:= )
+	systemd? ( >=sys-apps/systemd-209:= )
 	qt4? (
 		dev-qt/qtcore:4
 		dev-qt/qtgui:4
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ REQUIRED_USE="ayatana? ( gtk ) ?? ( qt4 qt5 )"
 
 DOCS="AUTHORS NEWS qt/README.txt"
 
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}"/libsystemd.patch
+)
+
 src_prepare() {
 	sed -i -e '/CFLAGS/s:-ggdb3::' configure.ac || die
 
@@ -68,7 +72,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 	# http://trac.transmissionbt.com/ticket/4324
 	sed -i -e 's|noinst\(_PROGRAMS = $(TESTS)\)|check\1|' libtransmission/Makefile.am || die
 
-	eapply_user
+	default
 	eautoreconf
 }