diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 57144549..4536f6ea 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@
 
 * Invalid configuration values overriding valid ones in surprising
   ways.
-
+* Bug where the libutempter utmp backend did not record logouts
+  correctly.
 
 ### Security
 ### Contributors
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 0b7bbc17..56f4a31c 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ if utmp_backend == 'none'
 elif utmp_backend == 'libutempter'
   utmp_add = 'add'
   utmp_del = 'del'
-  utmp_del_have_argument = true
+  utmp_del_have_argument = false
   if utmp_default_helper_path == 'auto'
     utmp_default_helper_path = join_paths('/usr', get_option('libdir'), 'utempter', 'utempter')
   endif