diff --git a/etc/pve-lxc-syscalld.service.in b/etc/pve-lxc-syscalld.service.in
index be076a7..ec8124c 100644
--- a/etc/pve-lxc-syscalld.service.in
+++ b/etc/pve-lxc-syscalld.service.in
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Before=pve-guests.service
 Type=notify
 ExecStart=%LIBEXECDIR%/pve-lxc-syscalld/pve-lxc-syscalld --system /run/pve/lxc-syscalld.sock
 RuntimeDirectory=pve
+RuntimeDirectoryPreserve=yes
 Restart=on-failure
 
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