diff --git a/proxmox-file-restore/Cargo.toml b/proxmox-file-restore/Cargo.toml
index cd92acb32..b8acd1b64 100644
--- a/proxmox-file-restore/Cargo.toml
+++ b/proxmox-file-restore/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ proxmox-lang.workspace=true
 proxmox-router = { workspace = true, features = [ "cli" ] }
 proxmox-schema = { workspace = true, features = [ "api-macro" ] }
 proxmox-sys = { workspace = true, features = [ "logrotate" ] }
+proxmox-systemd.workspace = true
 proxmox-time.workspace = true
 proxmox-uuid.workspace = true
 
diff --git a/proxmox-file-restore/src/block_driver_qemu.rs b/proxmox-file-restore/src/block_driver_qemu.rs
index fdaf71df6..adc6ccc7c 100644
--- a/proxmox-file-restore/src/block_driver_qemu.rs
+++ b/proxmox-file-restore/src/block_driver_qemu.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use serde_json::json;
 
 use proxmox_sys::fs::lock_file;
+use proxmox_systemd;
 
 use pbs_api_types::{file_restore::FileRestoreFormat, BackupDir, BackupNamespace};
 use pbs_client::{BackupRepository, VsockClient, DEFAULT_VSOCK_PORT};
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ fn make_name(repo: &BackupRepository, ns: &BackupNamespace, snap: &BackupDir) ->
     } else {
         format!("qemu_{repo}:{ns}/{snap}")
     };
-    proxmox_sys::systemd::escape_unit(full, false)
+    proxmox_systemd::escape_unit(full, false)
 }
 
 /// remove non-responsive VMs from given map, returns 'true' if map was modified
@@ -309,7 +310,7 @@ impl BlockRestoreDriver for QemuBlockDriver {
                 let resp = client
                     .get("api2/json/status", Some(json!({"keep-timeout": true})))
                     .await;
-                let name = proxmox_sys::systemd::unescape_unit(n)
+                let name = proxmox_systemd::unescape_unit(n)
                     .unwrap_or_else(|_| "<invalid name>".to_owned());
                 let mut extra = json!({"pid": s.pid, "cid": s.cid});
 
@@ -344,7 +345,7 @@ impl BlockRestoreDriver for QemuBlockDriver {
 
     fn stop(&self, id: String) -> Async<Result<(), Error>> {
         async move {
-            let name = proxmox_sys::systemd::escape_unit(&id, false);
+            let name = proxmox_systemd::escape_unit(&id, false);
             let mut map = VMStateMap::load()?;
             let map_mod = cleanup_map(&mut map.map).await;
             match map.map.get(&name) {
@@ -374,7 +375,7 @@ impl BlockRestoreDriver for QemuBlockDriver {
         match VMStateMap::load_read_only() {
             Ok(state) => state
                 .iter()
-                .filter_map(|(name, _)| proxmox_sys::systemd::unescape_unit(name).ok())
+                .filter_map(|(name, _)| proxmox_systemd::unescape_unit(name).ok())
                 .collect(),
             Err(_) => Vec::new(),
         }