diff --git a/releases/specs/x86/i486/stage1-systemd.spec b/releases/specs/x86/i486/stage1-systemd.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f8c5f051
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/specs/x86/i486/stage1-systemd.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+subarch: i486
+target: stage1
+version_stamp: systemd-@TIMESTAMP@
+rel_type: default
+profile: default/linux/x86/17.0/systemd
+snapshot: @TIMESTAMP@
+source_subpath: default/stage3-i486-systemd-latest
+compression_mode: pixz
+update_seed: yes
+update_seed_command: --update --deep --newuse @world
+portage_confdir: @REPO_DIR@/releases/portage/stages
+portage_prefix: releng
diff --git a/releases/specs/x86/i486/stage3-systemd.spec b/releases/specs/x86/i486/stage3-systemd.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0563eed0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/specs/x86/i486/stage3-systemd.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+subarch: i486
+target: stage3
+version_stamp: systemd-@TIMESTAMP@
+rel_type: default
+profile: default/linux/x86/17.0/systemd
+snapshot: @TIMESTAMP@
+source_subpath: default/stage1-i486-systemd-@TIMESTAMP@
+compression_mode: pixz
+portage_confdir: @REPO_DIR@/releases/portage/stages
+portage_prefix: releng
diff --git a/tools/catalyst-auto-x86.conf b/tools/catalyst-auto-x86.conf
index de8f1161..dddf0496 100644
--- a/tools/catalyst-auto-x86.conf
+++ b/tools/catalyst-auto-x86.conf
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ SPECS_DIR=${REPO_DIR}/releases/specs/x86
 
 SETS="
 	i486_openrc
+	i486_systemd
 	i686_openrc
 	i686_systemd
 	i686_systemd_mu
@@ -21,6 +22,8 @@ SETS="
 SET_i486_openrc_SPECS="i486/stage1-openrc.spec i486/stage3-openrc.spec"
 SET_i486_openrc_OPTIONAL_SPECS="i486/installcd-stage1-openrc.spec i486/installcd-stage2-minimal-openrc.spec"
 
+SET_i486_systemd_SPECS="i486/stage1-systemd.spec i486/stage3-systemd.spec"
+
 SET_i686_openrc_SPECS="i686/stage1-openrc.spec i686/stage3-openrc.spec"
 SET_i686_systemd_SPECS="i686/stage1-systemd.spec i686/stage3-systemd.spec"
 SET_i686_systemd_mu_SPECS="i686/stage1-systemd-mu.spec i686/stage3-systemd-mu.spec"
@@ -65,6 +68,9 @@ post_build() {
 	i486/stage3-openrc.spec)
 		upload stage3-i486-openrc-${TIMESTAMP}.tar.xz*
 		;;
+	i486/stage3-systemd.spec)
+		upload stage3-i486-systemd-${TIMESTAMP}.tar.xz*
+		;;
 	i486/installcd-stage2-minimal-openrc.spec)
 		upload install-x86-minimal-${TIMESTAMP}.iso*
 		;;