diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/tracker-miners/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/tracker-miners/default.nix
index 1f5e2fcca5c1..3f8f5cf8c888 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/tracker-miners/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/tracker-miners/default.nix
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # TODO: tests do not like our sandbox
     "-Dfunctional_tests=false"
     "-Ddbus_services=${placeholder "out"}/share/dbus-1/services"
+    "-Dsystemd_user_services=${placeholder "out"}/lib/systemd/user"
   ];
 
   patches = [