diff --git a/app-containers/docker/docker-24.0.5.ebuild b/app-containers/docker/docker-24.0.5-r1.ebuild
similarity index 97%
rename from app-containers/docker/docker-24.0.5.ebuild
rename to app-containers/docker/docker-24.0.5-r1.ebuild
index ac578996d43f6..2421fd8dd3ebe 100644
--- a/app-containers/docker/docker-24.0.5.ebuild
+++ b/app-containers/docker/docker-24.0.5-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SRC_URI="https://github.com/moby/moby/archive/v${MY_PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
 LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm arm64 ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
-IUSE="apparmor btrfs +container-init device-mapper overlay seccomp selinux"
+IUSE="apparmor btrfs +container-init device-mapper overlay seccomp selinux systemd"
 
 DEPEND="
 	acct-group/docker
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	btrfs? ( >=sys-fs/btrfs-progs-3.16.1 )
 	device-mapper? ( >=sys-fs/lvm2-2.02.89[thin] )
 	seccomp? ( >=sys-libs/libseccomp-2.2.1 )
+	systemd? ( sys-apps/systemd )
 "
 
 # https://github.com/moby/moby/blob/master/project/PACKAGERS.md#runtime-dependencies
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ S="${WORKDIR}/${P}/src/${EGO_PN}"
 # https://bugs.gentoo.org/748984 https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/pull/12552
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}/0001-Openrc-Depend-on-containerd-init-script.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/docker-24.0.5-automagic-systemd.patch"
 )
 
 pkg_setup() {
@@ -263,6 +265,8 @@ src_compile() {
 		fi
 	done
 
+	export SYSTEMD=$(usex systemd 1 0)
+
 	# build binaries
 	./hack/make.sh dynbinary || die 'dynbinary failed'
 }
diff --git a/app-containers/docker/docker-24.0.7.ebuild b/app-containers/docker/docker-24.0.7-r1.ebuild
similarity index 97%
rename from app-containers/docker/docker-24.0.7.ebuild
rename to app-containers/docker/docker-24.0.7-r1.ebuild
index 14dddd2aafd9b..ad913c3d0c3b6 100644
--- a/app-containers/docker/docker-24.0.7.ebuild
+++ b/app-containers/docker/docker-24.0.7-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SRC_URI="https://github.com/moby/moby/archive/v${MY_PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
 LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
-IUSE="apparmor btrfs +container-init device-mapper overlay seccomp selinux"
+IUSE="apparmor btrfs +container-init device-mapper overlay seccomp selinux systemd"
 
 DEPEND="
 	acct-group/docker
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	btrfs? ( >=sys-fs/btrfs-progs-3.16.1 )
 	device-mapper? ( >=sys-fs/lvm2-2.02.89[thin] )
 	seccomp? ( >=sys-libs/libseccomp-2.2.1 )
+	systemd? ( sys-apps/systemd )
 "
 
 # https://github.com/moby/moby/blob/master/project/PACKAGERS.md#runtime-dependencies
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ S="${WORKDIR}/${P}/src/${EGO_PN}"
 # https://bugs.gentoo.org/748984 https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/pull/12552
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}/0001-Openrc-Depend-on-containerd-init-script.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/docker-24.0.5-automagic-systemd.patch"
 )
 
 pkg_setup() {
@@ -264,6 +266,8 @@ src_compile() {
 		fi
 	done
 
+	export SYSTEMD=$(usex systemd 1 0)
+
 	# build binaries
 	./hack/make.sh dynbinary || die 'dynbinary failed'
 }
diff --git a/app-containers/docker/docker-26.1.0.ebuild b/app-containers/docker/docker-26.1.0-r1.ebuild
similarity index 98%
rename from app-containers/docker/docker-26.1.0.ebuild
rename to app-containers/docker/docker-26.1.0-r1.ebuild
index 6a2110fa66a5b..9a1e51a65f678 100644
--- a/app-containers/docker/docker-26.1.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-containers/docker/docker-26.1.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ S="${WORKDIR}/${P}/src/${EGO_PN}"
 # https://bugs.gentoo.org/748984 https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/pull/12552
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}/0001-Openrc-Depend-on-containerd-init-script.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/docker-26.1.0-automagic-systemd.patch"
 )
 
 pkg_setup() {
@@ -258,6 +259,8 @@ src_compile() {
 		fi
 	done
 
+	export SYSTEMD=$(usex systemd 1 0)
+
 	# build binaries
 	./hack/make.sh dynbinary || die 'dynbinary failed'
 }
diff --git a/app-containers/docker/files/docker-24.0.5-automagic-systemd.patch b/app-containers/docker/files/docker-24.0.5-automagic-systemd.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..fb764b3b1a991
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-containers/docker/files/docker-24.0.5-automagic-systemd.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+https://bugs.gentoo.org/914076
+https://github.com/moby/moby/issues/47770
+--- a/hack/make.sh
++++ b/hack/make.sh
+@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ add_buildtag() {
+ 	[[ " $DOCKER_BUILDTAGS" == *" $1_"* ]] || DOCKER_BUILDTAGS+=" $1_$2"
+ }
+ 
+-if ${PKG_CONFIG} 'libsystemd' 2> /dev/null; then
++if [[ -n "$SYSTEMD" ]] && [[ "$SYSTEMD" == 1 ]] && ${PKG_CONFIG} 'libsystemd' 2> /dev/null; then
+ 	DOCKER_BUILDTAGS+=" journald"
+ fi
+ 
diff --git a/app-containers/docker/files/docker-26.1.0-automagic-systemd.patch b/app-containers/docker/files/docker-26.1.0-automagic-systemd.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..004dbb9ad3c7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-containers/docker/files/docker-26.1.0-automagic-systemd.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+https://bugs.gentoo.org/914076
+https://github.com/moby/moby/issues/47770
+--- a/hack/make.sh
++++ b/hack/make.sh
+@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ if [ ! "$GOPATH" ]; then
+ 	exit 1
+ fi
+ 
+-if ${PKG_CONFIG} 'libsystemd' 2> /dev/null; then
++if [[ -n "$SYSTEMD" ]] && [[ "$SYSTEMD" == 1 ]] && ${PKG_CONFIG} 'libsystemd' 2> /dev/null; then
+ 	DOCKER_BUILDTAGS+=" journald"
+ fi
+