diff --git a/SOURCES/systemd-resolved.sysusers b/SOURCES/systemd-resolved.sysusers
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..37ccb7a24ef99c278a328eca5b63bdb9d67d96ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/systemd-resolved.sysusers
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#  This file is part of systemd.
+#
+#  systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+#  under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+
+u systemd-resolve 193 "systemd Resolver"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/SPECS/systemd.spec b/SPECS/systemd.spec
index 9415df9ce1a51e516939f4308e0ef64daae9f6d2..bb57491fd837052355ed095fb6444a2fb2d1984e 100644
--- a/SPECS/systemd.spec
+++ b/SPECS/systemd.spec
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Url:            https://systemd.io
 # Allow users to specify the version and release when building the rpm by 
 # setting the %%version_override and %%release_override macros.
 Version:        %{?version_override}%{!?version_override:256}
-Release:        17%{?dist}
+Release:        18%{?dist}
 
 %global stable %(c="%version"; [ "$c" = "${c#*.*}" ]; echo $?)
 
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ Source24:       sysusers.generate-pre.sh
 Source25:       98-default-mac-none.link
 
 Source26:       rc.local
+Source27:       systemd-resolved.sysusers
 
 %if 0
 GIT_DIR=../../src/systemd/.git git format-patch-ab --no-signature -M -N v235..v235-stable
@@ -621,6 +622,7 @@ Obsoletes:      %{name} < 249~~
 Requires:       libidn2.so.0%{?elf_suffix}
 Requires:       libidn2.so.0(IDN2_0.0.0)%{?elf_bits}
 Requires(posttrans): grep
+%{?sysusers_requires_compat}
 
 %description resolved
 systemd-resolved is a system service that provides network name resolution to
@@ -1048,6 +1050,9 @@ fi
 %systemd_postun_with_restart %journal_remote_units_restart
 %firewalld_reload
 
+%pre resolved
+%sysusers_create_compat %{SOURCE27}
+
 %post resolved
 %systemd_post systemd-resolved.service
 
@@ -1140,6 +1145,9 @@ rm -f .file-list-*
 rm -f %{name}.lang
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Nov 19 2024 systemd maintenance team <systemd-maint@redhat.com> - 256-18
+- add %%pre sysuser scriptlet for resolved subpackage (RHEL-50564)
+
 * Tue Nov 12 2024 systemd maintenance team <systemd-maint@redhat.com> - 256-17
 - socket: fix socket activation of stopped services with pinned FD store (RHEL-60896)