diff --git a/coverity/build_Osmocom.sh b/coverity/build_Osmocom.sh
index 920c0b9..86bb569 100755
--- a/coverity/build_Osmocom.sh
+++ b/coverity/build_Osmocom.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 do_build() {
 	autoreconf --install --force
-	./configure --prefix="$prefix" $*
+	./configure --prefix="$prefix" --with-systemdsystemunitdir=no $*
 
 	make $PARALLEL_MAKE
 	make install