diff --git a/meta-oe/classes/systemd.bbclass b/meta-oe/classes/systemd.bbclass
index 2ca7bfca5b..91faab9572 100644
--- a/meta-oe/classes/systemd.bbclass
+++ b/meta-oe/classes/systemd.bbclass
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 DEPENDS_append = " systemd-systemctl-native"
 
+systemd_unitdir = "${base_libdir}/systemd"
+
 systemd_postinst() {
 OPTS=""