diff --git a/presets/90-systemd.preset b/presets/90-systemd.preset
index d26087445c9..8a1a08210cf 100644
--- a/presets/90-systemd.preset
+++ b/presets/90-systemd.preset
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ enable systemd-resolved.service
 enable systemd-homed.service
 enable systemd-userdbd.socket
 enable systemd-pstore.service
+enable systemd-boot-update.service
 
 disable console-getty.service
 disable debug-shell.service
diff --git a/units/systemd-boot-update.service b/units/systemd-boot-update.service
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..61ff12762a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/units/systemd-boot-update.service
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#  SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
+#
+#  This file is part of systemd.
+#
+#  systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+#  under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+
+[Unit]
+Description=Automatic Boot Loader Update
+Documentation=man:bootctl(1)
+DefaultDependencies=no
+Conflicts=shutdown.target
+After=local-fs.target
+Before=sysinit.target shutdown.target systemd-update-done.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+RemainAfterExit=yes
+ExecStart=bootctl --no-variables --graceful update
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=sysinit.target