diff --git a/units/ldconfig.service b/units/ldconfig.service
index f5fb01ee234a7..404fa011d5a73 100644
--- a/units/ldconfig.service
+++ b/units/ldconfig.service
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ ConditionNeedsUpdate=|/etc
 ConditionFileNotEmpty=|!/etc/ld.so.cache
 
 DefaultDependencies=no
-# systemd-confext.service might put the ld.so.conf configuration files in place so order this after that.
-After=local-fs.target systemd-confext.service
+# systemd-confext.service or systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service might put the ld.so.conf configuration files in place so
+# order it after those.
+After=local-fs.target systemd-confext.service systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service
 Before=sysinit.target systemd-update-done.service
 Conflicts=shutdown.target initrd-switch-root.target
 Before=shutdown.target initrd-switch-root.target