diff --git a/src/nspawn/nspawn-settings.c b/src/nspawn/nspawn-settings.c
index 30c603394c..2645bd21e4 100644
--- a/src/nspawn/nspawn-settings.c
+++ b/src/nspawn/nspawn-settings.c
@@ -697,6 +697,11 @@ int config_parse_private_users(
                 settings->userns_mode = USER_NAMESPACE_FIXED;
                 settings->uid_shift = 0;
                 settings->uid_range = UINT32_C(0x10000);
+        } else if (streq(rvalue, "managed")) {
+                /* managed: User namespace on, and acquire it from systemd-nsresourced */
+                settings->userns_mode = USER_NAMESPACE_MANAGED;
+                settings->uid_shift = UID_INVALID;
+                settings->uid_range = UINT32_C(0x10000);
         } else {
                 const char *range, *shift;
                 uid_t sh, rn;