diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/dlt-daemon/dlt-daemon_2.18.4.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/dlt-daemon/dlt-daemon_2.18.4.bb
index ef4fb6a762..35c638bc78 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/dlt-daemon/dlt-daemon_2.18.4.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/dlt-daemon/dlt-daemon_2.18.4.bb
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[dlt-console] = "-DWITH_DLT_CONSOLE=ON,-DWITH_DLT_CONSOLE=OFF,,dlt-
 
 inherit autotools gettext cmake systemd
 
+EXTRA_OECMAKE += "-DSYSTEMD_UNITDIR=${systemd_system_unitdir}"
+
 PACKAGES += "${PN}-systemd"
 SYSTEMD_PACKAGES = "${PN} ${PN}-systemd"
 SYSTEMD_SERVICE_${PN} = " ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'systemd', 'dlt.service', '', d)} \