diff --git a/src/daemon/systemd/user/pulseaudio.service.in b/src/daemon/systemd/user/pulseaudio.service.in
index 2bd780f82..46897bf5a 100644
--- a/src/daemon/systemd/user/pulseaudio.service.in
+++ b/src/daemon/systemd/user/pulseaudio.service.in
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Description=Sound Service
 # After=pulseaudio.socket is not needed, as it is already implicit in the
 # socket-service relationship, see systemd.socket(5).
 Requires=pulseaudio.socket
+ConditionUser=!root
 
 [Service]
 # Note that notify will only work if --daemonize=no
diff --git a/src/daemon/systemd/user/pulseaudio.socket b/src/daemon/systemd/user/pulseaudio.socket
index 332ece893..98c1002a6 100644
--- a/src/daemon/systemd/user/pulseaudio.socket
+++ b/src/daemon/systemd/user/pulseaudio.socket
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Sound System
+ConditionUser=!root
 
 [Socket]
 Priority=6