diff --git a/bin/ubuntu-core-initramfs b/bin/ubuntu-core-initramfs
index 5062e0ab..b078f5fd 100755
--- a/bin/ubuntu-core-initramfs
+++ b/bin/ubuntu-core-initramfs
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ def install_systemd_files(dest_dir):
     # * udev rules
     # * Configuration for systemd-tmpfiles
     # TODO: some of this can be cleaned up
-    to_include = re.compile(r"^/lib/systemd/system|"
+    to_include = re.compile(r"^(/usr)?/lib/systemd/system|"
                             r".*/modprobe\.d/|"
                             r".*/sysctl\.d/|"
                             r".*/rules\.d/|"