diff --git a/src/basic/process-util.c b/src/basic/process-util.c
index 2b23ac36c04..056a8b82aa9 100644
--- a/src/basic/process-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/process-util.c
@@ -904,6 +904,25 @@ const char* personality_to_string(unsigned long p) {
         return architecture_to_string(architecture);
 }
 
+int opinionated_personality(unsigned long *ret) {
+        int current;
+
+        /* Returns the current personality, or PERSONALITY_INVALID if we can't determine it. This function is a bit
+         * opinionated though, and ignores all the finer-grained bits and exotic personalities, only distinguishing the
+         * two most relevant personalities: PER_LINUX and PER_LINUX32. */
+
+        current = personality(PERSONALITY_INVALID);
+        if (current < 0)
+                return -errno;
+
+        if (((unsigned long) current & 0xffff) == PER_LINUX32)
+                *ret = PER_LINUX32;
+        else
+                *ret = PER_LINUX;
+
+        return 0;
+}
+
 void valgrind_summary_hack(void) {
 #ifdef HAVE_VALGRIND_VALGRIND_H
         if (getpid_cached() == 1 && RUNNING_ON_VALGRIND) {
diff --git a/src/basic/process-util.h b/src/basic/process-util.h
index 913991b3cb2..d71db2df7e3 100644
--- a/src/basic/process-util.h
+++ b/src/basic/process-util.h
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ bool oom_score_adjust_is_valid(int oa);
 unsigned long personality_from_string(const char *p);
 const char *personality_to_string(unsigned long);
 
+int opinionated_personality(unsigned long *ret);
+
 int ioprio_class_to_string_alloc(int i, char **s);
 int ioprio_class_from_string(const char *s);
 
diff --git a/src/core/execute.c b/src/core/execute.c
index 4d285ff2506..0cbaf9a00ba 100644
--- a/src/core/execute.c
+++ b/src/core/execute.c
@@ -1457,7 +1457,8 @@ static int apply_restrict_namespaces(Unit *u, const ExecContext *c) {
 }
 
 static int apply_lock_personality(const Unit* u, const ExecContext *c) {
-        unsigned long personality = c->personality;
+        unsigned long personality;
+        int r;
 
         assert(u);
         assert(c);
@@ -1468,9 +1469,15 @@ static int apply_lock_personality(const Unit* u, const ExecContext *c) {
         if (skip_seccomp_unavailable(u, "LockPersonality="))
                 return 0;
 
-        /* If personality is not specified, use the default (Linux) */
-        if (personality == PERSONALITY_INVALID)
-                personality = PER_LINUX;
+        personality = c->personality;
+
+        /* If personality is not specified, use either PER_LINUX or PER_LINUX32 depending on what is currently set. */
+        if (personality == PERSONALITY_INVALID) {
+
+                r = opinionated_personality(&personality);
+                if (r < 0)
+                        return r;
+        }
 
         return seccomp_lock_personality(personality);
 }
diff --git a/src/test/test-seccomp.c b/src/test/test-seccomp.c
index 7ffbc4754e8..262d0b712b2 100644
--- a/src/test/test-seccomp.c
+++ b/src/test/test-seccomp.c
@@ -567,6 +567,7 @@ static void test_load_syscall_filter_set_raw(void) {
 }
 
 static void test_lock_personality(void) {
+        unsigned long current;
         pid_t pid;
 
         if (!is_seccomp_available())
@@ -574,26 +575,55 @@ static void test_lock_personality(void) {
         if (geteuid() != 0)
                 return;
 
+        assert_se(opinionated_personality(&current) >= 0);
+
+        log_info("current personality=%lu", current);
+
         pid = fork();
         assert_se(pid >= 0);
 
         if (pid == 0) {
-                assert_se(seccomp_lock_personality(PER_LINUX) >= 0);
+                assert_se(seccomp_lock_personality(current) >= 0);
 
-                assert_se(personality(PER_LINUX) == PER_LINUX);
+                assert_se((unsigned long) personality(current) == current);
+
+                errno = EUCLEAN;
                 assert_se(personality(PER_LINUX | ADDR_NO_RANDOMIZE) == -1 && errno == EPERM);
+
+                errno = EUCLEAN;
                 assert_se(personality(PER_LINUX | MMAP_PAGE_ZERO) == -1 && errno == EPERM);
+
+                errno = EUCLEAN;
                 assert_se(personality(PER_LINUX | ADDR_COMPAT_LAYOUT) == -1 && errno == EPERM);
+
+                errno = EUCLEAN;
                 assert_se(personality(PER_LINUX | READ_IMPLIES_EXEC) == -1 && errno == EPERM);
+
+                errno = EUCLEAN;
                 assert_se(personality(PER_LINUX_32BIT) == -1 && errno == EPERM);
+
+                errno = EUCLEAN;
                 assert_se(personality(PER_SVR4) == -1 && errno == EPERM);
+
+                errno = EUCLEAN;
                 assert_se(personality(PER_BSD) == -1 && errno == EPERM);
-                assert_se(personality(PER_LINUX32) == -1 && errno == EPERM);
+
+                errno = EUCLEAN;
+                assert_se(personality(current == PER_LINUX ? PER_LINUX32 : PER_LINUX) == -1 && errno == EPERM);
+
+                errno = EUCLEAN;
                 assert_se(personality(PER_LINUX32_3GB) == -1 && errno == EPERM);
+
+                errno = EUCLEAN;
                 assert_se(personality(PER_UW7) == -1 && errno == EPERM);
+
+                errno = EUCLEAN;
                 assert_se(personality(0x42) == -1 && errno == EPERM);
+
+                errno = EUCLEAN;
                 assert_se(personality(PERSONALITY_INVALID) == -1 && errno == EPERM); /* maybe remove this later */
-                assert_se(personality(PER_LINUX) == PER_LINUX);
+
+                assert_se((unsigned long) personality(current) == current);
                 _exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
         }