diff --git a/units/systemd-pstore.service.in b/units/systemd-pstore.service.in
index fec2b1aebf..dde21bc33e 100644
--- a/units/systemd-pstore.service.in
+++ b/units/systemd-pstore.service.in
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Platform Persistent Storage Archival
 Documentation=man:systemd-pstore(8)
+ConditionDirectoryNotEmpty=/sys/fs/pstore
 DefaultDependencies=no
 Wants=systemd-remount-fs.service
 After=systemd-remount-fs.service