diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 547ae0a2ea..d8155fdac7 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -285,7 +285,6 @@ dist_systemunit_DATA = \
 	units/dev-mqueue.mount \
 	units/sys-kernel-config.mount \
 	units/sys-kernel-debug.mount \
-	units/sys-kernel-security.mount \
 	units/sys-fs-fuse-connections.mount \
 	units/var-run.mount \
 	units/media.mount \
@@ -2291,7 +2290,6 @@ systemd-install-data-hook:
 			dev-mqueue.mount \
 			sys-kernel-config.mount \
 			sys-kernel-debug.mount \
-			sys-kernel-security.mount \
 			sys-fs-fuse-connections.mount \
 			systemd-modules-load.service \
 			systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service \
@@ -2301,7 +2299,6 @@ systemd-install-data-hook:
 		$(LN_S) ../dev-mqueue.mount dev-mqueue.mount && \
 		$(LN_S) ../sys-kernel-config.mount sys-kernel-config.mount && \
 		$(LN_S) ../sys-kernel-debug.mount sys-kernel-debug.mount && \
-		$(LN_S) ../sys-kernel-security.mount sys-kernel-security.mount && \
 		$(LN_S) ../sys-fs-fuse-connections.mount sys-fs-fuse-connections.mount && \
 		$(LN_S) ../systemd-modules-load.service systemd-modules-load.service && \
 		$(LN_S) ../systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service && \
diff --git a/src/mount-setup.c b/src/mount-setup.c
index 7c14ea8e55..aaffb655ee 100644
--- a/src/mount-setup.c
+++ b/src/mount-setup.c
@@ -51,13 +51,15 @@ typedef struct MountPoint {
 } MountPoint;
 
 /* The first three entries we might need before SELinux is up. The
- * other ones we can delay until SELinux is loaded. */
-#define N_EARLY_MOUNT 3
+ * fourth (securityfs) is needed by IMA to load a custom policy. The
+ * other ones we can delay until SELinux and IMA are loaded. */
+#define N_EARLY_MOUNT 4
 
 static const MountPoint mount_table[] = {
         { "proc",     "/proc",                  "proc",     NULL,                MS_NOSUID|MS_NOEXEC|MS_NODEV, true },
         { "sysfs",    "/sys",                   "sysfs",    NULL,                MS_NOSUID|MS_NOEXEC|MS_NODEV, true },
         { "devtmpfs", "/dev",                   "devtmpfs", "mode=755",          MS_NOSUID,                    true },
+        { "securityfs", "/sys/kernel/security", "securityfs", NULL,              MS_NOSUID|MS_NOEXEC|MS_NODEV, false },
         { "tmpfs",    "/dev/shm",               "tmpfs",    "mode=1777",         MS_NOSUID|MS_NODEV,           true },
         { "devpts",   "/dev/pts",               "devpts",   "mode=620,gid=" STRINGIFY(TTY_GID), MS_NOSUID|MS_NOEXEC, false },
         { "tmpfs",    "/run",                   "tmpfs",    "mode=755",          MS_NOSUID|MS_NODEV, true },
diff --git a/units/sys-kernel-security.mount b/units/sys-kernel-security.mount
deleted file mode 100644
index 80cd7617d4..0000000000
--- a/units/sys-kernel-security.mount
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#  This file is part of systemd.
-#
-#  systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-#  under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-#  (at your option) any later version.
-
-[Unit]
-Description=Security File System
-DefaultDependencies=no
-ConditionPathExists=/sys/kernel/security
-Before=sysinit.target
-
-[Mount]
-What=securityfs
-Where=/sys/kernel/security
-Type=securityfs