diff --git a/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c b/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c
index 7a453dcc2a..45125b7b94 100644
--- a/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c
+++ b/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ static const char * const conf_file_dirs[] = {
         "/run/tmpfiles.d",
         "/usr/local/lib/tmpfiles.d",
         "/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d",
+#ifdef HAVE_SPLIT_USR
+        "/lib/tmpfiles.d",
+#endif
         NULL
 };