diff --git a/units/console-getty.service.m4.in b/units/console-getty.service.m4.in
index 4b9165b70d..e75576adf7 100644
--- a/units/console-getty.service.m4.in
+++ b/units/console-getty.service.m4.in
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Description=Console Getty
 Documentation=man:agetty(8) man:systemd-getty-generator(8)
 After=systemd-user-sessions.service plymouth-quit-wait.service
 m4_ifdef(`HAVE_SYSV_COMPAT',
-After=rc-local.service
+After=rc-local.service getty-pre.target
 )m4_dnl
 Before=getty.target
 
diff --git a/units/container-getty@.service.m4.in b/units/container-getty@.service.m4.in
index 005d9e5c24..4b822f0e3b 100644
--- a/units/container-getty@.service.m4.in
+++ b/units/container-getty@.service.m4.in
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Documentation=man:agetty(8) man:systemd-getty-generator(8)
 Documentation=man:machinectl(1)
 After=systemd-user-sessions.service plymouth-quit-wait.service
 m4_ifdef(`HAVE_SYSV_COMPAT',
-After=rc-local.service
+After=rc-local.service getty-pre.target
 )m4_dnl
 Before=getty.target
 IgnoreOnIsolate=yes