diff --git a/core/systemd/PKGBUILD b/core/systemd/PKGBUILD
index 98a3cc4fb..3f3d5eef8 100644
--- a/core/systemd/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/systemd/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@
 # ALARM: Kevin Mihelich <kevin@archlinuxarm.org>
 #  - disable gold/LTO
 #  - removed makedepend on gnu-efi-libs, --enable-gnuefi configure option
+#  - --disable-firstboot, will require UART/display on first boot to continue
 
 pkgbase=systemd
 pkgname=('systemd' 'libsystemd' 'systemd-sysvcompat')
 pkgver=233
-pkgrel=7
+pkgrel=7.1
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
 url="https://www.github.com/systemd/systemd"
 makedepends=('acl' 'cryptsetup' 'docbook-xsl' 'gperf' 'lz4' 'xz' 'pam' 'libelf'
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ build() {
     --enable-lz4
     --disable-audit
     --disable-ima
+    --disable-firstboot
 
     --with-sysvinit-path=
     --with-sysvrcnd-path=