diff --git a/src/boot/ostree-remount.service b/src/boot/ostree-remount.service
index f13f2ae5..196649b7 100644
--- a/src/boot/ostree-remount.service
+++ b/src/boot/ostree-remount.service
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ After=systemd-remount-fs.service
 Before=local-fs.target umount.target
 # Other early boot units that need to write to /var
 Before=systemd-random-seed.service plymouth-read-write.service
+# tmpfiles.d usually needs write access to a few places
+Before=systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot