diff --git a/gnu/services/mcron.scm b/gnu/services/mcron.scm
index db8b539ff5..eff40e74bd 100644
--- a/gnu/services/mcron.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/mcron.scm
@@ -165,6 +165,9 @@ (define (mcron-shepherd-services config)
                             (ice-9 popen) ;for the 'schedule' action
                             (ice-9 rdelim)
                             (ice-9 match)
+                            ,(if home-service?
+                                 '((shepherd support) #:select (%user-log-dir))
+                                 '())
                             ,@%default-modules))
                  (start #~(make-forkexec-constructor
                            (list #$(file-append mcron "/bin/mcron")