diff --git a/units/user-runtime-dir@.service.in b/units/user-runtime-dir@.service.in
index 3a852b68a6..7bb41d75e5 100644
--- a/units/user-runtime-dir@.service.in
+++ b/units/user-runtime-dir@.service.in
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@ StopWhenUnneeded=yes
 [Service]
 ExecStart=@rootlibexecdir@/systemd-user-runtime-dir start %i
 ExecStop=@rootlibexecdir@/systemd-user-runtime-dir stop %i
+Type=oneshot
 RemainAfterExit=true