diff --git a/gnome/platform/gnome-session.xml b/gnome/platform/gnome-session.xml
index 4402077c53..e6d4f6c18c 100644
--- a/gnome/platform/gnome-session.xml
+++ b/gnome/platform/gnome-session.xml
@@ -79,8 +79,9 @@
       <xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>,
       <xref linkend="gnome-desktop"/>,
       <xref linkend="json-glib"/>,
-      <xref linkend="mesa"/>, and
-      <xref linkend="upower"/>
+      <xref linkend="mesa"/>,
+      <xref linkend="systemd"/>,
+      and <xref linkend="upower"/>
     </para>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
@@ -92,11 +93,6 @@
       <xref linkend="docbook-xsl"/> (to build the documentation)
     </para>
    
-    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Runtime Dependencies</bridgehead>
-    <para role="required">
-      <xref role="runtime" linkend="systemd"/>
-    </para>
-
     <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
       <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gnome-session"/>
     </para>
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index 2a705f6569..5d57fe3edf 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>February 16th, 2019</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem revision="systemd">
+          <para>[dj] - Systemd is a required dependency for
+          gnome-session.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[dj] - Add sed to fix Gnome Color Manager build when
           DocBook-Utils is installed.</para>