diff --git a/nixproc/backends/systemd/test-module/default.nix b/nixproc/backends/systemd/test-module/default.nix
index eddc0b3..0e76e8d 100644
--- a/nixproc/backends/systemd/test-module/default.nix
+++ b/nixproc/backends/systemd/test-module/default.nix
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ in
   '' + pkgs.lib.optionalString profileSettings.params.forceDisableUserChange ''
     machine.wait_for_unit("display-manager.service")
     machine.wait_until_succeeds("pgrep -f 'systemd --user'")
+    machine.wait_for_file("/run/user/1000/systemd")
   '';
 
   deploySystem = ''
diff --git a/tests/webapps-agnostic-systemd-user.nix b/tests/webapps-agnostic-systemd-user.nix
index cdd85b1..b744fc8 100644
--- a/tests/webapps-agnostic-systemd-user.nix
+++ b/tests/webapps-agnostic-systemd-user.nix
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ makeTest {
     start_all()
     machine.wait_for_unit("display-manager.service")
     machine.wait_until_succeeds("pgrep -f 'systemd --user'")
+    machine.wait_for_file("/run/user/1000/systemd")
 
     # Do an undeploy to force the state to get initialized
     machine.succeed(