diff --git a/dovecot.spec b/dovecot.spec
index fb8a3b8..0309be6 100644
--- a/dovecot.spec
+++ b/dovecot.spec
@@ -183,7 +183,9 @@ autoreconf -I . -fiv #required for aarch64 support
     --with-ssl=openssl           \
     --with-ssldir=%{ssldir}      \
     --with-solr                  \
-    --with-docs
+    --with-docs                  \
+    systemdsystemunitdir=%{_unitdir}
+
 sed -i 's|/etc/ssl|/etc/pki/dovecot|' doc/mkcert.sh doc/example-config/conf.d/10-ssl.conf
 
 %make_build