diff --git a/extra-repos/systemd/postmarketos-base-systemd/APKBUILD b/extra-repos/systemd/postmarketos-base-systemd/APKBUILD
index 011d18ea1..f89d774b1 100644
--- a/extra-repos/systemd/postmarketos-base-systemd/APKBUILD
+++ b/extra-repos/systemd/postmarketos-base-systemd/APKBUILD
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Maintainer: Oliver Smith <ollipearanoid@postmarketos.org>
 # pmbootstrap installs this, if systemd is selected in "pmbootstrap init".
 pkgname=postmarketos-base-systemd
-pkgver=2
+pkgver=3
 pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="Meta package for running postmarketOS with systemd"
 url="https://postmarketos.org"
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ fbaa33425e507062a454f11bda48508f261c2144e5c23a20f567dc1cef14ce1dec57f8d934f418f5
 2faac294bb632762e247b850f09ff4b544ccff6c462efd8d4faca71ba30bdfa9c460377a0dc88e92c5dbbe251017d164064a56ac0e0410f224b45d4f5f81866c  rootfs-etc-systemd-logind.conf
 208f53c1d142151277cfcf0a95df839919ce8cb15ec888d50890dc6b3631a994335bfa12194cec856b649f97cfd7c80019c595cc0ea2c5ee96498a3e76a9950b  rootfs-etc-ssh-sshd_config.d-usepam.conf
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-bbe88651237a65a5cf0976b59aa6885f53d78b265272c116732fd13ead6914c0525f7c7860fccd6c2933fd648ad6d5a4820de481e6913d1f233c4f52cfcd1dc6  rootfs-usr-lib-systemd-system-preset-90-base.preset
+449d7cd5bc334e73da950bf9ce68b026b9e7db180a5a48d0cb10bb486e5af16b68c146c1bd61e291419ae6e679f6613ad81a17b9a75d2a5218a355cd7f6a32da  rootfs-usr-lib-systemd-system-preset-90-base.preset
 9b3b9abdb3d3541038d37d6870baed81f20be7f5b80874bd142eeb686b08958180b4d4a293912c9760e4353a58d6a5dea43e155002f224d14a157f7a082cde60  rootfs-usr-lib-systemd-user-preset-90-base.preset
 605df1f004783d2e0ec5dd99a688bca27502c8c24bc05fb4dc26589b2070b0fbd1cf9bd56e6861d7cda2f8ac8147e7eb040acfd886185c01c8cf9de8b1ce2dcd  rootfs-usr-bin-setup-timezone
 "
diff --git a/extra-repos/systemd/postmarketos-base-systemd/rootfs-usr-lib-systemd-system-preset-90-base.preset b/extra-repos/systemd/postmarketos-base-systemd/rootfs-usr-lib-systemd-system-preset-90-base.preset
index ba9046d51..9a75db5c2 100644
--- a/extra-repos/systemd/postmarketos-base-systemd/rootfs-usr-lib-systemd-system-preset-90-base.preset
+++ b/extra-repos/systemd/postmarketos-base-systemd/rootfs-usr-lib-systemd-system-preset-90-base.preset
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 disable systemd-network*
 disable systemd-homed*
 
+# starting multipathd on systems with no multipath hardware can soft-hang
+# boot, so disable it by default
+disable multipathd.service
+
 # for basically all Uis
 ## system services
 enable apk-polkit-server.service