diff --git a/srcpkgs/incus/files/incus/run b/srcpkgs/incus/files/incus/run
index d189b4395b90ff..434018a1f77c7d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/incus/files/incus/run
+++ b/srcpkgs/incus/files/incus/run
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 exec 2>&1
+_systemd_cgrp="/sys/fs/cgroup/systemd"
+if [ ! -d ${_systemd_cgrp} ]; then
+        mkdir ${_systemd_cgrp}
+fi
+if ! mountpoint -q "${_systemd_cgrp}"; then
+        mount -t cgroup -o none,name=systemd cgroup ${_systemd_cgrp}
+fi
 [ -r conf ] && . ./conf
 exec /usr/libexec/incus/incusd --group _incus-admin --syslog ${OPTS:- --verbose}