diff --git a/app-accessibility/speech-dispatcher/speech-dispatcher-0.12.0.ebuild b/app-accessibility/speech-dispatcher/speech-dispatcher-0.12.0.ebuild
index 2e8f6f5c13ed3..d7074e704c5a7 100644
--- a/app-accessibility/speech-dispatcher/speech-dispatcher-0.12.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-accessibility/speech-dispatcher/speech-dispatcher-0.12.0.ebuild
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ src_configure() {
 		$(use_with pulseaudio pulse)
 		$(use_with pipewire)
 		--with-systemdsystemunitdir="$(systemd_get_systemunitdir)"
+		--with-systemduserunitdir="$(systemd_get_userunitdir)"
 	)
 	econf "${myeconfargs[@]}"
 }