diff --git a/aci-builder/bin-run/builder.go b/aci-builder/bin-run/builder.go
index b7ab7c5f..10306248 100644
--- a/aci-builder/bin-run/builder.go
+++ b/aci-builder/bin-run/builder.go
@@ -204,7 +204,11 @@ func (b *Builder) runBuild() error {
 func (b *Builder) prepareNspawnArgsAndEnv(commandPath string) ([]string, []string, error) {
 	var args []string
 	env := os.Environ()
+	env = append(env, "LD_LIBRARY_PATH="+b.stage1Rootfs+"/dgr/usr/lib")
+	env = append(env, "LD_PRELOAD="+b.stage1Rootfs+"/dgr/usr/lib/libsystemd-shared-232.so") // debian lib dir hell
 	args = append(args, b.stage1Rootfs+"/dgr/usr/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2")
+	args = append(args, "--library-path")
+	args = append(args, b.stage1Rootfs+"/dgr/usr/lib")
 	args = append(args, b.stage1Rootfs+"/dgr/usr/bin/systemd-nspawn")
 	if context := os.Getenv(rktcommon.EnvSELinuxContext); context != "" {
 		args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("-Z%s", context))
@@ -212,7 +216,6 @@ func (b *Builder) prepareNspawnArgsAndEnv(commandPath string) ([]string, []strin
 	args = append(args, "--register=no")
 	args = append(args, "-q")
 	args = append(args, "--link-journal=auto")
-	env = append(env, "LD_LIBRARY_PATH="+b.stage1Rootfs+"/dgr/usr/lib")
 	if !logs.IsDebugEnabled() {
 		args = append(args, "--quiet")
 	}