diff --git a/src/boot/ostree-boot-complete.service b/src/boot/ostree-boot-complete.service
index 5c09fdc9..d5b930a7 100644
--- a/src/boot/ostree-boot-complete.service
+++ b/src/boot/ostree-boot-complete.service
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=OSTree Complete Boot
 Documentation=man:ostree(1)
+ConditionKernelCommandLine=ostree
 # For now, this is the only condition on which we start, but it's
 # marked as a triggering condition in case in the future we want
 # to do something else.