diff --git a/src/daemon/systemd/system/pipewire.service.in b/src/daemon/systemd/system/pipewire.service.in
index 5bdb2c77d..23971e4a9 100644
--- a/src/daemon/systemd/system/pipewire.service.in
+++ b/src/daemon/systemd/system/pipewire.service.in
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Type=simple
 ExecStart=@PW_BINARY@
 Restart=on-failure
 RuntimeDirectory=pipewire
+RuntimeDirectoryPreserve=yes
 User=pipewire
 Environment=PIPEWIRE_RUNTIME_DIR=%t/pipewire