diff --git a/etc/systemd/system/zfs-import-cache.service.in b/etc/systemd/system/zfs-import-cache.service.in
index 82495638fd..3697f09c7f 100644
--- a/etc/systemd/system/zfs-import-cache.service.in
+++ b/etc/systemd/system/zfs-import-cache.service.in
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ ConditionPathExists=@sysconfdir@/zfs/zpool.cache
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
 RemainAfterExit=yes
+ExecCondition=/usr/bin/grep -q "^zfs " /proc/modules
 ExecStart=@sbindir@/zpool import -c @sysconfdir@/zfs/zpool.cache -aN
 
 [Install]
diff --git a/etc/systemd/system/zfs-import-scan.service.in b/etc/systemd/system/zfs-import-scan.service.in
index 278f937feb..1a352a8acb 100644
--- a/etc/systemd/system/zfs-import-scan.service.in
+++ b/etc/systemd/system/zfs-import-scan.service.in
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ ConditionPathExists=!@sysconfdir@/zfs/zpool.cache
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
 RemainAfterExit=yes
+ExecCondition=/usr/bin/grep -q "^zfs " /proc/modules
 ExecStart=@sbindir@/zpool import -aN -o cachefile=none
 
 [Install]
diff --git a/etc/systemd/system/zfs-mount.service.in b/etc/systemd/system/zfs-mount.service.in
index 6507c0765d..e0d4bb37f6 100644
--- a/etc/systemd/system/zfs-mount.service.in
+++ b/etc/systemd/system/zfs-mount.service.in
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Before=systemd-random-seed.service
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
 RemainAfterExit=yes
+ExecCondition=/usr/bin/grep -q "^zfs " /proc/modules
 ExecStart=@sbindir@/zfs mount -a
 
 [Install]