diff --git a/releases/specs-qemu/alpha/stage1-systemd-mu.spec b/releases/specs-qemu/alpha/stage1-systemd-mu.spec
index 5be5a1c0..d491e7aa 100644
--- a/releases/specs-qemu/alpha/stage1-systemd-mu.spec
+++ b/releases/specs-qemu/alpha/stage1-systemd-mu.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ rel_type: default
 profile: default/linux/alpha/17.0/systemd/merged-usr
 snapshot: @TIMESTAMP@
 source_subpath: default/stage3-alpha-systemd-mergedusr-latest
-update_seed: no
+update_seed: yes
 update_seed_command: -uDN @world
 portage_confdir: @REPO_DIR@/releases/portage/stages-qemu
 interpreter: /usr/bin/qemu-alpha