diff --git a/units/user-runtime-dir@.service.in b/units/user-runtime-dir@.service.in
index 6baa340394..c168b89f98 100644
--- a/units/user-runtime-dir@.service.in
+++ b/units/user-runtime-dir@.service.in
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ IgnoreOnIsolate=yes
 ExecStart=@rootlibexecdir@/systemd-user-runtime-dir start %i
 ExecStop=@rootlibexecdir@/systemd-user-runtime-dir stop %i
 Type=oneshot
-RemainAfterExit=true
+RemainAfterExit=yes
 Slice=user-%i.slice