diff --git a/meta-citadel/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_234.bbappend b/meta-citadel/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_234.bbappend
index d2dfa9e..4ad99f7 100644
--- a/meta-citadel/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_234.bbappend
+++ b/meta-citadel/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_234.bbappend
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@ PACKAGECONFIG = "\
 
 do_install_append() {
     rm -f ${D}${sysconfdir}/tmpfiles.d/00-create-volatile.conf
+    echo "a4e415feff81466c925aab34b0c35a3c" > ${D}${sysconfdir}/machine-id
 }