diff --git a/src/systemctl/systemctl-is-enabled.c b/src/systemctl/systemctl-is-enabled.c
index e42faf2724..8161fb0192 100644
--- a/src/systemctl/systemctl-is-enabled.c
+++ b/src/systemctl/systemctl-is-enabled.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ static int show_installation_targets_client_side(const char *name) {
         flags = UNIT_FILE_DRY_RUN |
                 (arg_runtime ? UNIT_FILE_RUNTIME : 0);
 
-        r = unit_file_disable(arg_runtime_scope, flags, NULL, p, &changes, &n_changes);
+        r = unit_file_disable(arg_runtime_scope, flags, arg_root, p, &changes, &n_changes);
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to get file links for %s: %m", name);
 
diff --git a/test/test-systemctl-enable.sh b/test/test-systemctl-enable.sh
index d099b6f41e..52984b4ffe 100644
--- a/test/test-systemctl-enable.sh
+++ b/test/test-systemctl-enable.sh
@@ -754,3 +754,15 @@ ID='the-id2'
 EOF
 
 SYSTEMD_OS_RELEASE="/etc/os-release2" check_alias o 'the-id2'
+
+: '-------is-enabled --full is relative to --root=-----------------'
+mkdir -p "$root/usr/lib/systemd/system"
+cat >"$root/usr/lib/systemd/system/rooted.service" <<EOF
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+EOF
+"$systemctl" --root="$root" enable rooted.service
+
+# Without --root= being passed on this inspects the host, which knows nothing about this unit.
+"$systemctl" --root="$root" is-enabled --full rooted.service |
+    grep "^  $root/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/rooted.service\$" >/dev/null