diff --git a/src/core/unit.c b/src/core/unit.c
index 5b852bcc13..252f2c5d2f 100644
--- a/src/core/unit.c
+++ b/src/core/unit.c
@@ -1278,8 +1278,12 @@ int unit_add_exec_dependencies(Unit *u, ExecContext *c) {
 
         /* Unlike unit_add_dependency() or friends, this always returns 0 on success. */
 
-        if (c->working_directory && !c->working_directory_missing_ok) {
-                r = unit_add_mounts_for(u, c->working_directory, UNIT_DEPENDENCY_FILE, UNIT_MOUNT_REQUIRES);
+        if (c->working_directory) {
+                r = unit_add_mounts_for(
+                                u,
+                                c->working_directory,
+                                UNIT_DEPENDENCY_FILE,
+                                c->working_directory_missing_ok ? UNIT_MOUNT_WANTS : UNIT_MOUNT_REQUIRES);
                 if (r < 0)
                         return r;
         }