diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd-compat-units.bb b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd-compat-units.bb
index 6419bc2c65..0b8ff09b2b 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd-compat-units.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd-compat-units.bb
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ PR = "r29"
 
 DEPENDS = "systemd-systemctl-native"
 
+S = "${WORKDIR}"
+
 inherit allarch
 
 ALLOW_EMPTY_${PN} = "1"