diff --git a/libvirt.spec.in b/libvirt.spec.in
index 87514f055d0850f924e63824898292d42a9291ab..4dbe3e5b7d000107c997f3ae4272e9475614fed3 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec.in
+++ b/libvirt.spec.in
@@ -917,6 +917,9 @@ Requires: gzip
 Requires: bzip2
 Requires: lzop
 Requires: xz
+%if 0%{?fedora} >= 24
+Requires: systemd-container
+%endif
 
 %description daemon-driver-qemu
 The qemu driver plugin for the libvirtd daemon, providing
@@ -932,6 +935,9 @@ Group: Development/Libraries
 Requires: libvirt-daemon = %{version}-%{release}
 # There really is a hard cross-driver dependency here
 Requires: libvirt-daemon-driver-network = %{version}-%{release}
+%if 0%{?fedora} >= 24
+Requires: systemd-container
+%endif
 
 %description daemon-driver-lxc
 The LXC driver plugin for the libvirtd daemon, providing