diff --git a/src/shared/install.c b/src/shared/install.c
index 05ccc586a9..026aa32302 100644
--- a/src/shared/install.c
+++ b/src/shared/install.c
@@ -2784,6 +2784,7 @@ static int read_presets(UnitFileScope scope, const char *root_dir, Presets *pres
         if (scope == UNIT_FILE_SYSTEM)
                 r = conf_files_list(&files, ".preset", root_dir, 0,
                                     "/etc/systemd/system-preset",
+                                    "/run/systemd/system-preset",
                                     "/usr/local/lib/systemd/system-preset",
                                     "/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset",
 #if HAVE_SPLIT_USR
@@ -2793,6 +2794,7 @@ static int read_presets(UnitFileScope scope, const char *root_dir, Presets *pres
         else if (scope == UNIT_FILE_GLOBAL)
                 r = conf_files_list(&files, ".preset", root_dir, 0,
                                     "/etc/systemd/user-preset",
+                                    "/run/systemd/user-preset",
                                     "/usr/local/lib/systemd/user-preset",
                                     "/usr/lib/systemd/user-preset",
                                     NULL);