diff --git a/mkosi.images/exitrd/mkosi.conf.d/10-arch.conf b/mkosi.images/exitrd/mkosi.conf.d/10-arch.conf
index a5a6506e94..b5f3194a84 100644
--- a/mkosi.images/exitrd/mkosi.conf.d/10-arch.conf
+++ b/mkosi.images/exitrd/mkosi.conf.d/10-arch.conf
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Distribution=arch
 [Content]
 VolatilePackages=
         systemd
+        systemd-libs
 
 RemoveFiles=
         # Arch Linux doesn't split their gcc-libs package so we manually remove
diff --git a/mkosi.images/exitrd/mkosi.conf.d/10-opensuse.conf b/mkosi.images/exitrd/mkosi.conf.d/10-opensuse.conf
index fb0a498df5..5fd64663b0 100644
--- a/mkosi.images/exitrd/mkosi.conf.d/10-opensuse.conf
+++ b/mkosi.images/exitrd/mkosi.conf.d/10-opensuse.conf
@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@ Packages=
         patterns-base-minimal_base
 
 VolatilePackages=
+        libsystemd0
+        libudev1
         systemd
diff --git a/mkosi.images/exitrd/mkosi.conf.d/10-ubuntu.conf b/mkosi.images/exitrd/mkosi.conf.d/10-ubuntu.conf
index 61fe6baee0..9a7e1d8cbb 100644
--- a/mkosi.images/exitrd/mkosi.conf.d/10-ubuntu.conf
+++ b/mkosi.images/exitrd/mkosi.conf.d/10-ubuntu.conf
@@ -5,4 +5,7 @@ Distribution=ubuntu
 
 [Content]
 VolatilePackages=
+        libsystemd-shared
+        libsystemd0
+        libudev1
         systemd
diff --git a/mkosi.images/initrd/mkosi.conf.d/centos-fedora.conf b/mkosi.images/initrd/mkosi.conf.d/centos-fedora.conf
index 811d35266b..6607dab089 100644
--- a/mkosi.images/initrd/mkosi.conf.d/centos-fedora.conf
+++ b/mkosi.images/initrd/mkosi.conf.d/centos-fedora.conf
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ Packages=
 
 VolatilePackages=
         systemd
+        systemd-libs
         systemd-udev
diff --git a/mkosi.images/initrd/mkosi.conf.d/debian-ubuntu.conf b/mkosi.images/initrd/mkosi.conf.d/debian-ubuntu.conf
index 8d56ff206b..093c1bd886 100644
--- a/mkosi.images/initrd/mkosi.conf.d/debian-ubuntu.conf
+++ b/mkosi.images/initrd/mkosi.conf.d/debian-ubuntu.conf
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ Packages=
         tpm2-tools
 
 VolatilePackages=
+        libsystemd-shared
+        libsystemd0
+        libudev1
         systemd
         systemd-cryptsetup
         systemd-repart
diff --git a/mkosi.images/initrd/mkosi.conf.d/opensuse.conf b/mkosi.images/initrd/mkosi.conf.d/opensuse.conf
index e04f8bcd11..9f685e61e5 100644
--- a/mkosi.images/initrd/mkosi.conf.d/opensuse.conf
+++ b/mkosi.images/initrd/mkosi.conf.d/opensuse.conf
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ Packages=
         tpm2.0-tools
 
 VolatilePackages=
+        libsystemd0
+        libudev1
         systemd
         udev
         systemd-experimental