diff --git a/units/systemd-journald.service.in b/units/systemd-journald.service.in
index 0233f389cf..5144868bcb 100644
--- a/units/systemd-journald.service.in
+++ b/units/systemd-journald.service.in
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ RestrictAddressFamilies=AF_UNIX AF_NETLINK
 RestrictNamespaces=yes
 RestrictRealtime=yes
 RestrictSUIDSGID=yes
+RuntimeDirectory=systemd/journal
+RuntimeDirectoryPreserve=yes
 Sockets=systemd-journald.socket systemd-journald-dev-log.socket systemd-journald-audit.socket
 StandardOutput=null
 SystemCallArchitectures=native