diff --git a/cmd/serve/sftp/server.go b/cmd/serve/sftp/server.go
index 0b89e03cc..843b3c640 100644
--- a/cmd/serve/sftp/server.go
+++ b/cmd/serve/sftp/server.go
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
-	sdActivation "github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22/activation"
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/cmd/serve/proxy"
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/cmd/serve/proxy/proxyflags"
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/fs"
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/fs/config"
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/lib/env"
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/lib/file"
+	sdActivation "github.com/rclone/rclone/lib/sdactivation"
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/vfs"
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/vfs/vfscommon"
 	"golang.org/x/crypto/ssh"
diff --git a/lib/http/server.go b/lib/http/server.go
index 2b5270d98..acc07c4b2 100644
--- a/lib/http/server.go
+++ b/lib/http/server.go
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	sdActivation "github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22/activation"
 	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/fs"
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/fs/config/flags"
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/lib/atexit"
+	sdActivation "github.com/rclone/rclone/lib/sdactivation"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 )
 
diff --git a/lib/sdactivation/sdactivation_stub.go b/lib/sdactivation/sdactivation_stub.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e5fbff553
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/sdactivation/sdactivation_stub.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+//go:build windows || plan9
+// +build windows plan9
+
+// Package sdactivation provides support for systemd socket activation,
+// wrapping the coreos/go-systemd package.
+// This wraps the underlying go-systemd binary, as it fails to build on plan9
+// https://github.com/coreos/go-systemd/pull/440
+package sdactivation
+
+import (
+	"net"
+)
+
+// ListenersWithNames maps a listener name to a set of net.Listener instances.
+// This wraps the underlying go-systemd binary, as it fails to build on plan9
+// https://github.com/coreos/go-systemd/pull/440
+func ListenersWithNames() (map[string][]net.Listener, error) {
+	return make(map[string][]net.Listener), nil
+}
+
+// Listeners returns a slice containing a net.Listener for each matching socket type passed to this process.
+func Listeners() ([]net.Listener, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
diff --git a/lib/sdactivation/sdactivation_unix.go b/lib/sdactivation/sdactivation_unix.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..523321bcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/sdactivation/sdactivation_unix.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+//go:build !windows && !plan9
+// +build !windows,!plan9
+
+// Package sdactivation provides support for systemd socket activation, wrapping
+// the coreos/go-systemd package.
+// This wraps the underlying go-systemd library, as it fails to build on plan9
+// https://github.com/coreos/go-systemd/pull/440
+package sdactivation
+
+import (
+	"net"
+
+	sdActivation "github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22/activation"
+)
+
+// ListenersWithNames maps a listener name to a set of net.Listener instances.
+func ListenersWithNames() (map[string][]net.Listener, error) {
+	return sdActivation.ListenersWithNames()
+}
+
+// Listeners returns a slice containing a net.Listener for each matching socket type passed to this process.
+func Listeners() ([]net.Listener, error) {
+	return sdActivation.Listeners()
+}