diff --git a/virtual/logger/logger-0-r1.ebuild b/virtual/logger/logger-0-r2.ebuild
similarity index 51%
rename from virtual/logger/logger-0-r1.ebuild
rename to virtual/logger/logger-0-r2.ebuild
index d72e093c555dc..80af138c082dd 100644
--- a/virtual/logger/logger-0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/virtual/logger/logger-0-r2.ebuild
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=7
+EAPI=8
 
 DESCRIPTION="Virtual for system loggers"
 
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 sparc x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~ppc-macos ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris"
+IUSE="systemd"
 
-RDEPEND="|| (
-	app-admin/metalog
-	app-admin/rsyslog
-	app-admin/socklog
-	app-admin/sysklogd
-	app-admin/syslog-ng
-	sys-apps/busybox[syslog]
-	>=sys-apps/systemd-38
-)"
+RDEPEND="
+	systemd? ( >=sys-apps/systemd-38 )
+	!systemd? ( || (
+		app-admin/metalog
+		app-admin/rsyslog
+		app-admin/socklog
+		app-admin/sysklogd
+		app-admin/syslog-ng
+		sys-apps/busybox[syslog]
+	) )
+"