diff --git a/src/systemctl/systemctl.c b/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
index 0dfdae45385..38b5a7e0824 100644
--- a/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
+++ b/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
@@ -6093,7 +6093,7 @@ static int get_file_to_edit(
                 return log_oom();
 
         if (arg_runtime) {
-                run = strjoin(paths->runtime_config, name, NULL);
+                run = strjoin(paths->runtime_config, "/", name, NULL);
                 if (!run)
                         return log_oom();
         }