diff --git a/libkworkspace/updatelaunchenvjob.cpp b/libkworkspace/updatelaunchenvjob.cpp
index 8605b4533..1a003c25f 100644
--- a/libkworkspace/updatelaunchenvjob.cpp
+++ b/libkworkspace/updatelaunchenvjob.cpp
@@ -1,102 +1,113 @@
 /*
    Copyright (C) 2020 Kai Uwe Broulik <kde@broulik.de>
 
    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    modify it under the terms of the Lesser GNU General Public
    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
    version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 
    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
     General Public License for more details.
 
    You should have received a copy of the Lesser GNU General Public License
    along with this program; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
    the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
    Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 */
 
 #include "updatelaunchenvjob.h"
 
 #include <klauncher_interface.h>
 #include <startup_interface.h>
 
 class Q_DECL_HIDDEN UpdateLaunchEnvJob::Private
 {
 public:
     explicit Private(UpdateLaunchEnvJob *q);
     void monitorReply(const QDBusPendingReply<> &reply);
 
     UpdateLaunchEnvJob *q;
     QString varName;
     QString value;
     int pendingReplies = 0;
 };
 
 UpdateLaunchEnvJob::Private::Private(UpdateLaunchEnvJob *q)
     : q(q)
 {
 
 }
 
 void UpdateLaunchEnvJob::Private::monitorReply(const QDBusPendingReply<> &reply)
 {
     ++pendingReplies;
 
     auto *watcher = new QDBusPendingCallWatcher(reply, q);
     QObject::connect(watcher, &QDBusPendingCallWatcher::finished, q, [this](QDBusPendingCallWatcher *watcher) {
         watcher->deleteLater();
         --pendingReplies;
 
         if (pendingReplies == 0) {
             q->emitResult();
         }
     });
 }
 
 UpdateLaunchEnvJob::UpdateLaunchEnvJob(const QString &varName, const QString &value)
     : d(new Private(this))
 {
     d->varName = varName;
     d->value = value;
     start();
 }
 
 UpdateLaunchEnvJob::~UpdateLaunchEnvJob()
 {
     delete d;
 }
 
 void UpdateLaunchEnvJob::start()
 {
     // KLauncher
     org::kde::KLauncher klauncher(QStringLiteral("org.kde.klauncher5"),
                                   QStringLiteral("/KLauncher"),
                                   QDBusConnection::sessionBus());
     auto klauncherReply = klauncher.setLaunchEnv(d->varName, d->value);
     d->monitorReply(klauncherReply);
 
     // plasma-session
     org::kde::Startup startup(QStringLiteral("org.kde.Startup"),
                               QStringLiteral("/Startup"),
                               QDBusConnection::sessionBus());
     auto startupReply = startup.updateLaunchEnv(d->varName, d->value);
     d->monitorReply(startupReply);
 
     // DBus-activation environment
     qDBusRegisterMetaType<QMap<QString, QString>>();
     const QMap<QString, QString> dbusActivationEnv{
         {d->varName, d->value}
     };
 
     QDBusMessage dbusActivationMsg = QDBusMessage::createMethodCall(QStringLiteral("org.freedesktop.DBus"),
                                                                     QStringLiteral("/org/freedesktop/DBus"),
                                                                     QStringLiteral("org.freedesktop.DBus"),
                                                                     QStringLiteral("UpdateActivationEnvironment"));
     dbusActivationMsg.setArguments({QVariant::fromValue(dbusActivationEnv)});
 
     auto dbusActivationReply = QDBusConnection::sessionBus().asyncCall(dbusActivationMsg);
     d->monitorReply(dbusActivationReply);
+
+    // _user_ systemd env
+    QDBusMessage systemdActivationMsg = QDBusMessage::createMethodCall(QStringLiteral("org.freedesktop.systemd1"),
+                                                                       QStringLiteral("/org/freedesktop/systemd1"),
+                                                                       QStringLiteral("org.freedesktop.systemd1.Manager"),
+                                                                       QStringLiteral("SetEnvironment"));
+    const QString updateString = d->varName + QStringLiteral("=") + d->value;
+    systemdActivationMsg.setArguments({QVariant(QStringList{updateString})});
+
+    auto systemdActivationReply = QDBusConnection::sessionBus().asyncCall(systemdActivationMsg);
+    d->monitorReply(systemdActivationReply);
 }