diff --git a/contrib/systemd/osmo-trx-ipc.service b/contrib/systemd/osmo-trx-ipc.service
index c886ed76..568fff90 100644
--- a/contrib/systemd/osmo-trx-ipc.service
+++ b/contrib/systemd/osmo-trx-ipc.service
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Description=Osmocom SDR BTS L1 Transceiver (IPC Backend)
 [Service]
 Type=simple
 Restart=always
+StateDirectory=osmocom
+WorkingDirectory=%S/osmocom
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/osmo-trx-ipc -C /etc/osmocom/osmo-trx-ipc.cfg
 RestartSec=2
 
diff --git a/contrib/systemd/osmo-trx-lms.service b/contrib/systemd/osmo-trx-lms.service
index df63e21f..bb4edb26 100644
--- a/contrib/systemd/osmo-trx-lms.service
+++ b/contrib/systemd/osmo-trx-lms.service
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Description=Osmocom SDR BTS L1 Transceiver (LimeSuite backend)
 [Service]
 Type=simple
 Restart=always
+StateDirectory=osmocom
+WorkingDirectory=%S/osmocom
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/osmo-trx-lms -C /etc/osmocom/osmo-trx-lms.cfg
 RestartSec=2
 
diff --git a/contrib/systemd/osmo-trx-uhd.service b/contrib/systemd/osmo-trx-uhd.service
index ba27f37f..aaf5e8c3 100644
--- a/contrib/systemd/osmo-trx-uhd.service
+++ b/contrib/systemd/osmo-trx-uhd.service
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Description=Osmocom SDR BTS L1 Transceiver (UHD Backend)
 [Service]
 Type=simple
 Restart=always
+StateDirectory=osmocom
+WorkingDirectory=%S/osmocom
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/osmo-trx-uhd -C /etc/osmocom/osmo-trx-uhd.cfg
 RestartSec=2
 
diff --git a/contrib/systemd/osmo-trx-usrp1.service b/contrib/systemd/osmo-trx-usrp1.service
index fbff6318..2a662d39 100644
--- a/contrib/systemd/osmo-trx-usrp1.service
+++ b/contrib/systemd/osmo-trx-usrp1.service
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Description=Osmocom SDR BTS L1 Transceiver (libusrp backend)
 [Service]
 Type=simple
 Restart=always
+StateDirectory=osmocom
+WorkingDirectory=%S/osmocom
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/osmo-trx-usrp1 -C /etc/osmocom/osmo-trx-usrp1.cfg
 RestartSec=2