diff --git a/managed/node-agent/resources/ynp/modules/provision/systemd/templates/run.j2 b/managed/node-agent/resources/ynp/modules/provision/systemd/templates/run.j2
index 874c0b1aaa21..d06e1b5db168 100644
--- a/managed/node-agent/resources/ynp/modules/provision/systemd/templates/run.j2
+++ b/managed/node-agent/resources/ynp/modules/provision/systemd/templates/run.j2
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ systemd_dir="/etc/systemd/system"
     # Enable linger for yb_user
     su - {{ yb_user }} -c "loginctl enable-linger {{ yb_user }}"
     su - {{ yb_user }} -c "export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/$(id -u {{ yb_user }})"
+    echo "export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/$(id -u {{ yb_user }})" >> {{yb_home_dir}}/.bashrc
     # Configure the systemd_dir as path for user level systemd
     systemd_dir="{{ yb_home_dir }}/.config/systemd/user"
     # Ensure the systemd directory exists