diff --git a/resources/resmon-systemd.service b/resources/resmon-systemd.service
index 2bc61e067044d90ce46ae632c36ab25adf676726..cf7f315ef14104f3567352723ca531d4099511c4 100644
--- a/resources/resmon-systemd.service
+++ b/resources/resmon-systemd.service
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ After=network.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=forking
+WorkingDirectory=/opt/resmon
 ExecStart=/opt/resmon/resmon -r /run/resmon.pid
 Restart=on-failure
 PIDFile=/run/resmon.pid