diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index d95bb97..5f20814 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ the develop package additionally to link with this library.
 
 alsaconf requires dialog or whiptail program to run properly.
 
+If systemd (minimum version 18) is installed it will be used to run
+alsactl to store and restore settings.
+
 Installation
 ------------
 
diff --git a/alsactl/Makefile.am b/alsactl/Makefile.am
index cac8094..90fab9d 100644
--- a/alsactl/Makefile.am
+++ b/alsactl/Makefile.am
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ systemdsystemunit_DATA = \
 
 install-data-hook:
 	$(MKDIR_P) -m 0755 \
-		$(DESTDIR)$(systemdsystemunitdir)/basic.target.wants
-	( cd $(DESTDIR)$(systemdsystemunitdir)/basic.target.wants && \
+		$(DESTDIR)$(systemdsystemunitdir)/sound.target.wants
+	( cd $(DESTDIR)$(systemdsystemunitdir)/sound.target.wants && \
 		rm -f alsa-state.service alsa-restore.service && \
 		$(LN_S) ../alsa-state.service alsa-state.service && \
 		$(LN_S) ../alsa-restore.service alsa-restore.service)
diff --git a/alsactl/alsa-restore.service.in b/alsactl/alsa-restore.service.in
index 2583d4c..80fd5fd 100644
--- a/alsactl/alsa-restore.service.in
+++ b/alsactl/alsa-restore.service.in
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 Description=Save/Restore Sound Card State
 ConditionPathExists=!@daemonswitch@
 ConditionPathExistsGlob=/dev/snd/control*
-After=alsa-state.service
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
diff --git a/alsactl/alsa-state.service.in b/alsactl/alsa-state.service.in
index f1321d6..5a8fe5e 100644
--- a/alsactl/alsa-state.service.in
+++ b/alsactl/alsa-state.service.in
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Manage Sound Card State (restore and store)
 ConditionPathExists=@daemonswitch@
-After=sysinit.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=simple
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0ff4fad..a755e47 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -383,13 +383,17 @@ SAVE_UTIL_VERSION
 AC_SUBST(LIBRT)
 
 dnl Check for systemd
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(SYSTEMD, [systemd >= 18],
+        [have_min_systemd="yes"],
+        [have_min_systemd="no"])
 AC_ARG_WITH([systemdsystemunitdir],
         AS_HELP_STRING([--with-systemdsystemunitdir=DIR], [Directory for systemd service files]),
         [], [with_systemdsystemunitdir=$($PKG_CONFIG --variable=systemdsystemunitdir systemd)])
 if test "x$with_systemdsystemunitdir" != xno; then
         AC_SUBST([systemdsystemunitdir], [$with_systemdsystemunitdir])
 fi
-AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_SYSTEMD, [test -n "$with_systemdsystemunitdir" -a "x$with_systemdsystemunitdir" != xno ])
+AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_SYSTEMD, [test "$have_min_systemd" = "yes" \
+        -a -n "$with_systemdsystemunitdir" -a "x$with_systemdsystemunitdir" != xno ])
 
 AC_ARG_WITH([asound-state-dir],
         AS_HELP_STRING([--with-asound-state-dir=DIR], [Directory to place asound.state file in]),