diff --git a/recipes-gtk/waybar/waybar_git.bb b/recipes-gtk/waybar/waybar_git.bb
index fd21134..9f02c8f 100644
--- a/recipes-gtk/waybar/waybar_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-gtk/waybar/waybar_git.bb
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ PACKAGECONFIG ?= " \
 "
 
 do_install:append() {
+	install -d ${D}${systemd_user_unitdir}
 	install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/waybar.service ${D}${systemd_user_unitdir}
 }