diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 27584824d8..2214b93815 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2016-09-20  Florian Weimer  <fweimer@redhat.com>
+
+	* scripts/sysd-rules.awk (BEGIN): Only generate rtld patterns for
+	.os objects.
+
 2016-09-19  Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho  <tuliom@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
 
 	[BZ #20615]
diff --git a/scripts/sysd-rules.awk b/scripts/sysd-rules.awk
index 69af400e58..c82e8fd607 100644
--- a/scripts/sysd-rules.awk
+++ b/scripts/sysd-rules.awk
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ BEGIN {
         split(pattern, td, ":");
         target_pattern = td[1];
         dep_pattern = td[2];
+        # rtld objects are always PIC.
+        if (target_pattern ~ /^rtld/ && o != ".os") {
+            continue;
+        }
         if (target_pattern == "%") {
           command_suffix = "";
         } else {