diff --git a/releases/specs/s390/s390x/stage1-systemd-mu.spec b/releases/specs/s390/s390x/stage1-systemd-mu.spec
index 35979860..1b7c651e 100644
--- a/releases/specs/s390/s390x/stage1-systemd-mu.spec
+++ b/releases/specs/s390/s390x/stage1-systemd-mu.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ rel_type: mergedusr
 profile: default/linux/s390/17.0/s390x/systemd/merged-usr
 snapshot: @TIMESTAMP@
 source_subpath: mergedusr/stage3-s390x-systemd-mergedusr-latest
-update_seed: no
+update_seed: yes
 update_seed_command: --update --deep --newuse @world
 compression_mode: pixz
 portage_confdir: @REPO_DIR@/releases/portage/stages