diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cpupower/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cpupower/default.nix
index c80352a1e7e3..e439be715d9a 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cpupower/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cpupower/default.nix
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     doc = "share/doc/cpupower";
     conf = "etc";
     bash_completion_ = "share/bash-completion/completions";
+    unit = "lib/systemd/system";
   };
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;