diff --git a/insserv-generator.patch b/insserv-generator.patch
index a61fc41a..9e5afdbc 100644
--- a/insserv-generator.patch
+++ b/insserv-generator.patch
@@ -8,16 +8,16 @@ systemd unit drop-in files to add dependencies
 ---
  Makefile.am                               |    9 
  src/insserv-generator/Makefile            |   28 ++
- src/insserv-generator/insserv-generator.c |  315 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
- 3 files changed, 351 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+ src/insserv-generator/insserv-generator.c |  316 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ 3 files changed, 352 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  create mode 100644 src/insserv-generator/Makefile
  create mode 100644 src/insserv-generator/insserv-generator.c
 
-Index: systemd-221/Makefile.am
+Index: systemd-224/Makefile.am
 ===================================================================
---- systemd-221.orig/Makefile.am
-+++ systemd-221/Makefile.am
-@@ -618,7 +618,8 @@ nodist_systemunit_DATA += \
+--- systemd-224.orig/Makefile.am
++++ systemd-224/Makefile.am
+@@ -617,7 +617,8 @@ nodist_systemunit_DATA += \
  
  systemgenerator_PROGRAMS += \
  	systemd-sysv-generator \
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Index: systemd-221/Makefile.am
  endif
  
  EXTRA_DIST += \
-@@ -2544,6 +2545,12 @@ $(systemd_boot): $(systemd_boot_solib)
+@@ -2556,6 +2557,12 @@ $(systemd_boot): $(systemd_boot_solib)
  endif
  endif
  
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ Index: systemd-221/Makefile.am
  # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  stub_headers = \
  	src/boot/efi/util.h \
-Index: systemd-221/src/insserv-generator/Makefile
+Index: systemd-224/src/insserv-generator/Makefile
 ===================================================================
 --- /dev/null
-+++ systemd-221/src/insserv-generator/Makefile
++++ systemd-224/src/insserv-generator/Makefile
 @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
 +#  This file is part of systemd.
 +#
@@ -73,11 +73,11 @@ Index: systemd-221/src/insserv-generator/Makefile
 +	$(MAKE) -C .. clean
 +
 +.PHONY: all clean
-Index: systemd-221/src/insserv-generator/insserv-generator.c
+Index: systemd-224/src/insserv-generator/insserv-generator.c
 ===================================================================
 --- /dev/null
-+++ systemd-221/src/insserv-generator/insserv-generator.c
-@@ -0,0 +1,315 @@
++++ systemd-224/src/insserv-generator/insserv-generator.c
+@@ -0,0 +1,316 @@
 +/*-*- Mode: C; c-basic-offset: 8; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-*/
 +
 +/***
@@ -253,7 +253,8 @@ Index: systemd-221/src/insserv-generator/insserv-generator.c
 +                                r = write_string_file(unit,
 +                                                "# Automatically generated by systemd-insserv-generator\n\n"
 +                                                "[Unit]\n"
-+                                                "Wants=remote-fs-pre.target\n");
++                                                "Wants=remote-fs-pre.target\n",
++                                                WRITE_STRING_FILE_CREATE);
 +                                if (r)
 +                                        return r;
 +                                free (facility);
diff --git a/let-linker-find-libudev-for-libdevmapper.patch b/let-linker-find-libudev-for-libdevmapper.patch
index af9de7d8..274d103c 100644
--- a/let-linker-find-libudev-for-libdevmapper.patch
+++ b/let-linker-find-libudev-for-libdevmapper.patch
@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@
  configure.ac |    4 ----
  1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
 
-Index: systemd-221/configure.ac
+Index: systemd-224/configure.ac
 ===================================================================
---- systemd-221.orig/configure.ac
-+++ systemd-221/configure.ac
-@@ -194,10 +194,6 @@ AS_CASE([$CC], [*clang*],
+--- systemd-224.orig/configure.ac
++++ systemd-224/configure.ac
+@@ -199,10 +199,6 @@ AS_CASE([$CC], [*clang*],
                 -Wno-gnu-variable-sized-type-not-at-end \
          ])])
  
 -AS_CASE([$CFLAGS], [*-O[[12345sz\ ]]*],
 -        [CC_CHECK_FLAGS_APPEND([with_cflags], [CFLAGS], [\
--               -flto -ffat-lto-objects])],
+-               -flto])],
 -        [AC_MSG_RESULT([skipping -flto, optimization not enabled])])
  AC_SUBST([OUR_CFLAGS], "$with_cflags $sanitizer_cflags")
  
diff --git a/plymouth-quit-and-wait-for-emergency-service.patch b/plymouth-quit-and-wait-for-emergency-service.patch
index b0461bee..331034ec 100644
--- a/plymouth-quit-and-wait-for-emergency-service.patch
+++ b/plymouth-quit-and-wait-for-emergency-service.patch
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 ---
  units/console-shell.service.m4.in |    2 ++
- units/emergency.service.in        |    3 ++-
+ units/emergency.service.in        |    2 +-
  units/rescue.service.in           |    3 ++-
- 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+ 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 
-Index: systemd-221/units/console-shell.service.m4.in
+Index: systemd-224/units/console-shell.service.m4.in
 ===================================================================
---- systemd-221.orig/units/console-shell.service.m4.in
-+++ systemd-221/units/console-shell.service.m4.in
+--- systemd-224.orig/units/console-shell.service.m4.in
++++ systemd-224/units/console-shell.service.m4.in
 @@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ Before=getty.target
  [Service]
  Environment=HOME=/root
@@ -17,24 +17,23 @@ Index: systemd-221/units/console-shell.service.m4.in
  ExecStart=-@SULOGIN@
  ExecStopPost=-@SYSTEMCTL@ poweroff
  Type=idle
-Index: systemd-221/units/emergency.service.in
+Index: systemd-224/units/emergency.service.in
 ===================================================================
---- systemd-221.orig/units/emergency.service.in
-+++ systemd-221/units/emergency.service.in
-@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ Before=shutdown.target
+--- systemd-224.orig/units/emergency.service.in
++++ systemd-224/units/emergency.service.in
+@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Before=shutdown.target
  [Service]
  Environment=HOME=/root
  WorkingDirectory=/root
--ExecStartPre=-/bin/plymouth quit
-+ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/plymouth quit
-+ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/plymouth --wait
+-ExecStartPre=-/bin/plymouth --wait quit
++ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/plymouth --wait quit
  ExecStartPre=-/bin/echo -e 'Welcome to emergency mode! After logging in, type "journalctl -xb" to view\\nsystem logs, "systemctl reboot" to reboot, "systemctl default" or ^D to\\ntry again to boot into default mode.'
  ExecStart=-/bin/sh -c "@SULOGIN@; @SYSTEMCTL@ --job-mode=fail --no-block default"
  Type=idle
-Index: systemd-221/units/rescue.service.in
+Index: systemd-224/units/rescue.service.in
 ===================================================================
---- systemd-221.orig/units/rescue.service.in
-+++ systemd-221/units/rescue.service.in
+--- systemd-224.orig/units/rescue.service.in
++++ systemd-224/units/rescue.service.in
 @@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ Before=shutdown.target
  [Service]
  Environment=HOME=/root
diff --git a/systemd-222.tar.xz b/systemd-222.tar.xz
deleted file mode 100644
index acce86d0..00000000
--- a/systemd-222.tar.xz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:167325ef6a1b1bc33b27bfc0f096ba429b89845131e14e24e840527a550c66cd
-size 2845992
diff --git a/systemd-mini.changes b/systemd-mini.changes
index ee8a7f02..dcdf8faa 100644
--- a/systemd-mini.changes
+++ b/systemd-mini.changes
@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@ Tue Aug 11 09:48:26 UTC 2015 - jengelh@inai.de
   windows:mingw:mingw64/mingw64-cross-gcc to do the bootstrap
   cycle and kick out -mini afterwards.
 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Aug 11 05:15:09 UTC 2015 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Update to new upstream release 224
+* systemd-networkd gained a number of new configuration options
+  for DHCP, tunnels and bridges
+* systemd-efi-boot-generator functionality was merged into
+  systemd-gpt-auto-generator.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Aug 10 13:16:54 UTC 2015 - sndirsch@suse.com
 
diff --git a/systemd-mini.spec b/systemd-mini.spec
index 126aeb62..11baf3c7 100644
--- a/systemd-mini.spec
+++ b/systemd-mini.spec
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 
 Name:           systemd-mini
 Url:            http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd
-Version:        222
+Version:        224
 Release:        0
 Summary:        A System and Session Manager
 License:        LGPL-2.1+
@@ -129,9 +129,8 @@ Provides:       systemd-analyze = %{version}
 Obsoletes:      pm-utils <= 1.4.1
 Obsoletes:      suspend <= 1.0
 
-#Git-Clone:	git://anongit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd
-#There are no release tarballs anymore, only releases through git.
-Source:         systemd-%version.tar.xz
+#Git-Clone:	git://github.com/systemd/systemd
+Source:         https://github.com/systemd/systemd/archive/v%version.tar.gz
 %if ! 0%{?bootstrap}
 Source1:        systemd-rpmlintrc
 %else
@@ -1226,7 +1225,6 @@ exit 0
 %{_prefix}/lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-dbus1-generator
 %if 0%{has_efi}
 %{_bindir}/bootctl
-%{_prefix}/lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-efi-boot-generator
 %endif
 %{_prefix}/lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-debug-generator
 %{_prefix}/lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-hibernate-resume-generator
diff --git a/systemd.changes b/systemd.changes
index be7a016d..9ef263c2 100644
--- a/systemd.changes
+++ b/systemd.changes
@@ -11,6 +11,15 @@ Tue Aug 11 09:48:26 UTC 2015 - jengelh@inai.de
   windows:mingw:mingw64/mingw64-cross-gcc to do the bootstrap
   cycle and kick out -mini afterwards.
 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Aug 11 05:15:09 UTC 2015 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Update to new upstream release 224
+* systemd-networkd gained a number of new configuration options
+  for DHCP, tunnels and bridges
+* systemd-efi-boot-generator functionality was merged into
+  systemd-gpt-auto-generator.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Aug 10 13:16:54 UTC 2015 - sndirsch@suse.com
 
diff --git a/systemd.spec b/systemd.spec
index c3d8cb14..57fd231f 100644
--- a/systemd.spec
+++ b/systemd.spec
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 
 Name:           systemd
 Url:            http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd
-Version:        222
+Version:        224
 Release:        0
 Summary:        A System and Session Manager
 License:        LGPL-2.1+
@@ -125,9 +125,8 @@ Provides:       systemd-analyze = %{version}
 Obsoletes:      pm-utils <= 1.4.1
 Obsoletes:      suspend <= 1.0
 
-#Git-Clone:	git://anongit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd
-#There are no release tarballs anymore, only releases through git.
-Source:         systemd-%version.tar.xz
+#Git-Clone:	git://github.com/systemd/systemd
+Source:         https://github.com/systemd/systemd/archive/v%version.tar.gz
 %if ! 0%{?bootstrap}
 Source1:        systemd-rpmlintrc
 %else
@@ -1228,7 +1227,6 @@ exit 0
 %{_prefix}/lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-dbus1-generator
 %if 0%{has_efi}
 %{_bindir}/bootctl
-%{_prefix}/lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-efi-boot-generator
 %endif
 %{_prefix}/lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-debug-generator
 %{_prefix}/lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-hibernate-resume-generator
diff --git a/v224.tar.gz b/v224.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d4d491a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v224.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:0d7ac1532a57639fbc828f8a5051a090883c6ad2908618a7a13ab386db831bfc
+size 3868075