diff --git a/5003-core-when-switching-root-remove-run-systemd-before-e.patch b/5003-core-when-switching-root-remove-run-systemd-before-e.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..acb39cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/5003-core-when-switching-root-remove-run-systemd-before-e.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+From 437ea859ca6fa13e1b4b5075c85f6a5ebe93cd01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Franck Bui <fbui@suse.com>
+Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2024 11:02:03 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH 5003/5003] core: when switching root remove /run/systemd
+ before executing the binary specified by init=
+
+It's important if the binary specified by the init= boot option is not systemd
+otherwise it confuses systemctl that incorrectly assumes that systemd is still
+the init system due to the presence of /run/systemd/system.
+
+Also some tools might also check the presence of /run/systemd/private to test
+if systemd is running as pid1.
+
+(cherry picked from commit 8c28dd24427598214d4464565192ec3f3b1a74a4)
+---
+ src/core/main.c | 12 ++++++++++++
+ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/src/core/main.c b/src/core/main.c
+index 4b8a315d86..ae8272d7e7 100644
+--- a/src/core/main.c
++++ b/src/core/main.c
+@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
+ #include "psi-util.h"
+ #include "random-util.h"
+ #include "rlimit-util.h"
++#include "rm-rf.h"
+ #include "seccomp-util.h"
+ #include "selinux-setup.h"
+ #include "selinux-util.h"
+@@ -2037,6 +2038,17 @@ static int do_reexecute(
+         arg_serialization = safe_fclose(arg_serialization);
+         fds = fdset_free(fds);
+ 
++        /* Drop /run/systemd directory. Some of its content can be used as a flag indicating that systemd is
++         * the init system but we might be replacing it with something different. If systemd is used again it
++         * will recreate the directory and its content anyway. */
++        r = rm_rf("/run/systemd.pre-switch-root", REMOVE_ROOT|REMOVE_MISSING_OK);
++        if (r < 0)
++                log_warning_errno(r, "Failed to prepare /run/systemd.pre-switch-root/, ignoring: %m");
++
++        r = RET_NERRNO(rename("/run/systemd", "/run/systemd.pre-switch-root"));
++        if (r < 0)
++                log_warning_errno(r, "Failed to move /run/systemd/ to /run/systemd.pre-switch-root/, ignoring: %m");
++
+         /* Reopen the console */
+         (void) make_console_stdio();
+ 
+-- 
+2.35.3
+
diff --git a/systemd.changes b/systemd.changes
index 4172a98..7bc0ea5 100644
--- a/systemd.changes
+++ b/systemd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jul 22 12:06:23 UTC 2024 - Franck Bui <fbui@suse.com>
+
+- Add temporarily 5003-core-when-switching-root-remove-run-systemd-before-e.patch (bsc#1227580)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jul 22 11:53:27 UTC 2024 - Franck Bui <fbui@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/systemd.spec b/systemd.spec
index 6214ac3..9513c54 100644
--- a/systemd.spec
+++ b/systemd.spec
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ Patch:          0009-pid1-handle-console-specificities-weirdness-for-s390.patch
 Patch:          5001-Revert-udev-update-devlink-with-the-newer-device-nod.patch
 Patch:          5002-Revert-udev-revert-workarounds-for-issues-caused-by-.patch
 %endif
+Patch:          5003-core-when-switching-root-remove-run-systemd-before-e.patch
 
 %description
 Systemd is a system and service manager, compatible with SysV and LSB