diff --git a/man/systemd.exec.xml b/man/systemd.exec.xml
index a9f1d8d74e1..7a9fe83b28c 100644
--- a/man/systemd.exec.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.exec.xml
@@ -86,10 +86,11 @@
     <para>A few execution parameters result in additional, automatic
     dependencies to be added.</para>
 
-    <para>Units with <varname>WorkingDirectory=</varname>, <varname>RootDirectory=</varname> or
-    <varname>RootImage=</varname> set automatically gain dependencies of type <varname>Requires=</varname> and
-    <varname>After=</varname> on all mount units required to access the specified paths. This is equivalent to having
-    them listed explicitly in <varname>RequiresMountsFor=</varname>.</para>
+    <para>Units with <varname>WorkingDirectory=</varname>, <varname>RootDirectory=</varname>, <varname>RootImage=</varname>,
+    <varname>RuntimeDirectory=</varname>, <varname>StateDirectory=</varname>, <varname>CacheDirectory=</varname>,
+    <varname>LogsDirectory=</varname> or <varname>ConfigurationDirectory=</varname> set automatically gain dependencies
+    of type <varname>Requires=</varname> and <varname>After=</varname> on all mount units required to access the specified paths.
+    This is equivalent to having them listed explicitly in <varname>RequiresMountsFor=</varname>.</para>
 
     <para>Similar, units with <varname>PrivateTmp=</varname> enabled automatically get mount unit dependencies for all
     mounts required to access <filename>/tmp</filename> and <filename>/var/tmp</filename>. They will also gain an
diff --git a/src/core/unit.c b/src/core/unit.c
index c6d96c69dc2..2037de6d332 100644
--- a/src/core/unit.c
+++ b/src/core/unit.c
@@ -846,6 +846,8 @@ Unit* unit_follow_merge(Unit *u) {
 }
 
 int unit_add_exec_dependencies(Unit *u, ExecContext *c) {
+        ExecDirectoryType dt;
+        char **dp;
         int r;
 
         assert(u);
@@ -869,6 +871,23 @@ int unit_add_exec_dependencies(Unit *u, ExecContext *c) {
                         return r;
         }
 
+        for (dt = 0; dt < _EXEC_DIRECTORY_MAX; dt++) {
+                if (!u->manager->prefix[dt])
+                        continue;
+
+                STRV_FOREACH(dp, c->directories[dt].paths) {
+                        _cleanup_free_ char *p;
+
+                        p = strjoin(u->manager->prefix[dt], "/", *dp);
+                        if (!p)
+                                return -ENOMEM;
+
+                        r = unit_require_mounts_for(u, p);
+                        if (r < 0)
+                                return r;
+                }
+        }
+
         if (!MANAGER_IS_SYSTEM(u->manager))
                 return 0;