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diff --git a/gnu/services/base.scm b/gnu/services/base.scm
index 85c442b385..26525714a5 100644
--- a/gnu/services/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/base.scm
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ in KNOWN-MOUNT-POINTS when it is stopped."
(list (shepherd-service
(documentation "Preserve entropy across reboots for /dev/urandom.")
(provision '(urandom-seed))
- (requirement '(user-processes))
+ (requirement '(file-systems))
(start #~(lambda _
;; On boot, write random seed into /dev/urandom.
(when (file-exists? #$%random-seed-file)
@@ -590,7 +590,13 @@ in KNOWN-MOUNT-POINTS when it is stopped."
(service-type (name 'urandom-seed)
(extensions
(list (service-extension shepherd-root-service-type
- urandom-seed-shepherd-service)))
+ urandom-seed-shepherd-service)
+
+ ;; Have 'user-processes' depend on 'urandom-seed'.
+ ;; This ensures that user processes and daemons don't
+ ;; start until we have seeded the PRNG.
+ (service-extension user-processes-service-type
+ (const '(urandom-seed)))))
(description
"Seed the @file{/dev/urandom} pseudo-random number
generator (RNG) with the value recorded when the system was last shut