diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index bebfd2f737..3c54043975 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -195,7 +195,8 @@ if TARGET_SUSE
 dist_systemunit_DATA += \
 	units/suse/halt.service \
 	units/suse/poweroff.service \
-	units/suse/reboot.service
+	units/suse/reboot.service \
+	units/suse/fsck.target
 endif
 
 if TARGET_GENTOO
@@ -787,6 +788,11 @@ if TARGET_GENTOO
 		rm -f xdm.service && \
 		$(LN_S) $(systemunitdir)/xdm.service xdm.service )
 endif
+if !TARGET_SUSE
+	( cd $(DESTDIR)$(systemunitdir) && \
+		rm -f fsck.target && \
+		$(LN_S) sysinit.target fsck.target )
+endif
 
 DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = \
 	--with-dbuspolicydir=$$dc_install_base/$(dbuspolicydir) \
diff --git a/src/mount.c b/src/mount.c
index c1a1d51141..76e4aa9bb2 100644
--- a/src/mount.c
+++ b/src/mount.c
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ static int mount_add_default_dependencies(Mount *m) {
 
         if (m->meta.manager->running_as == MANAGER_SYSTEM) {
 
-                if ((r = unit_add_dependency_by_name(UNIT(m), UNIT_AFTER, SPECIAL_SYSINIT_TARGET, NULL, true)) < 0)
+                if ((r = unit_add_dependency_by_name(UNIT(m), UNIT_AFTER, SPECIAL_FSCK_TARGET, NULL, true)) < 0)
                         return r;
 
                 if (!path_equal(m->where, "/"))
diff --git a/src/special.h b/src/special.h
index 9ffd3d8922..bbc64806bf 100644
--- a/src/special.h
+++ b/src/special.h
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 #define SPECIAL_BASIC_TARGET "basic.target"
 #define SPECIAL_SOCKETS_TARGET "sockets.target"
 #define SPECIAL_SYSINIT_TARGET "sysinit.target"
+#define SPECIAL_FSCK_TARGET "fsck.target"
 #define SPECIAL_RESCUE_TARGET "rescue.target"
 #define SPECIAL_EXIT_SERVICE "exit.service"
 #define SPECIAL_EMERGENCY_TARGET "emergency.target"
diff --git a/units/sysinit.target.m4 b/units/sysinit.target.m4
index 30180c9749..8ca37fff95 100644
--- a/units/sysinit.target.m4
+++ b/units/sysinit.target.m4
@@ -23,3 +23,7 @@ m4_dnl Hook in Arch's /etc/rc.sysinit
 Requires=sysinit.service
 After=sysinit.service
 )m4_dnl
+m4_ifdef(`TARGET_SUSE',`',
+m4_dnl On Suse, fsck.target is seperate, everywhere else it is just an alias for sysinit.target
+Names=fsck.target
+)m4_dnl