diff --git a/units/systemd-binfmt.service.in b/units/systemd-binfmt.service.in
index fdafce7ff7..96f595ad72 100644
--- a/units/systemd-binfmt.service.in
+++ b/units/systemd-binfmt.service.in
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ DefaultDependencies=no
 Conflicts=shutdown.target
 After=proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.automount
 After=proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.mount
+After=local-fs.target
 Before=sysinit.target shutdown.target
 ConditionPathIsReadWrite=/proc/sys/
 ConditionDirectoryNotEmpty=|/lib/binfmt.d