diff --git a/local/patches/base/P20-ramfs-requires-randd.patch b/local/patches/base/P20-ramfs-requires-randd.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a8b3effd42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/patches/base/P20-ramfs-requires-randd.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+diff --git a/init.initfs.d/ramfs@.service b/init.initfs.d/ramfs@.service
+index bb512c60..3c3ed97d 100644
+--- a/init.initfs.d/ramfs@.service
++++ b/init.initfs.d/ramfs@.service
+@@ -4 +4 @@ default_dependencies = false
+-requires_weak = ["00_randd.service"]
++requires = ["00_randd.service"]
diff --git a/recipes/core/base/P20-ramfs-requires-randd.patch b/recipes/core/base/P20-ramfs-requires-randd.patch
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..3eaeaacbb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/core/base/P20-ramfs-requires-randd.patch
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../local/patches/base/P20-ramfs-requires-randd.patch
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/recipes/core/base/recipe.toml b/recipes/core/base/recipe.toml
index bc856c2df6..accd6a0813 100644
--- a/recipes/core/base/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/core/base/recipe.toml
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ patches = [
     "P18-9-msi-allocation-resilience.patch",
     "P19-init-startup-hardening.patch",
     "P19-acpid-startup-hardening.patch",
+    "P20-ramfs-requires-randd.patch",
 ]
 
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