diff --git a/src/login/systemd-user.m4 b/src/login/systemd-user.m4
index fe38b24feff..e33963b125e 100644
--- a/src/login/systemd-user.m4
+++ b/src/login/systemd-user.m4
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 #
 # Used by systemd --user instances.
 
+account required pam_unix.so
+
 m4_ifdef(`HAVE_SELINUX',
 session  required pam_selinux.so close
 session  required pam_selinux.so nottys open