diff --git a/releases/specs/amd64/stage1-systemd-mu.spec b/releases/specs/amd64/stage1-systemd-mu.spec
index 3e97cf93..4e4579ca 100644
--- a/releases/specs/amd64/stage1-systemd-mu.spec
+++ b/releases/specs/amd64/stage1-systemd-mu.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ profile: default/linux/amd64/17.1/systemd/merged-usr
 snapshot: @TIMESTAMP@
 source_subpath: default/stage3-amd64-systemd-mergedusr-latest
 compression_mode: pixz
-update_seed: no
+update_seed: yes
 update_seed_command: --update --deep --newuse @world
 portage_confdir: @REPO_DIR@/releases/portage/stages
 portage_prefix: releng