diff --git a/etc/systemd/system/zfs-share.service.in b/etc/systemd/system/zfs-share.service.in
index b720085874..745077513c 100644
--- a/etc/systemd/system/zfs-share.service.in
+++ b/etc/systemd/system/zfs-share.service.in
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Wants=zfs-mount.service
 After=zfs-mount.service
 PartOf=nfs-server.service nfs-kernel-server.service
 PartOf=smb.service
+ConditionPathIsDirectory=/sys/module/zfs
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
diff --git a/etc/systemd/system/zfs-volume-wait.service.in b/etc/systemd/system/zfs-volume-wait.service.in
index 75bd9fcdd5..4c77724d8b 100644
--- a/etc/systemd/system/zfs-volume-wait.service.in
+++ b/etc/systemd/system/zfs-volume-wait.service.in
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Description=Wait for ZFS Volume (zvol) links in /dev
 DefaultDependencies=no
 After=systemd-udev-settle.service
 After=zfs-import.target
+ConditionPathIsDirectory=/sys/module/zfs
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
diff --git a/etc/systemd/system/zfs-zed.service.in b/etc/systemd/system/zfs-zed.service.in
index f4313625ee..008075138f 100644
--- a/etc/systemd/system/zfs-zed.service.in
+++ b/etc/systemd/system/zfs-zed.service.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=ZFS Event Daemon (zed)
 Documentation=man:zed(8)
+ConditionPathIsDirectory=/sys/module/zfs
 
 [Service]
 ExecStart=@sbindir@/zed -F