diff --git a/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/base_init b/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/base_init
index 7f4ed6c2a..8234be739 100644
--- a/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/base_init
+++ b/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/base_init
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ _run ()
     : > "${_ROOTFS}"/etc/initrd-release
     _map _dir /mnt/{cdrom,ventoy,efi}
     # systemd
-    _map _binary /usr/lib/systemd/systemd{,-journald,-sulogin-shell,-sysctl,-udevd}
+    _map _binary /usr/lib/systemd/systemd{,-battery-check,-journald,-sulogin-shell,-sysctl,-udevd}
     _map _file /usr/lib/systemd/{lib*,system-generators/systemd-fstab-generator}
     # only take services from systemd package
     pacman -Sy &>"${_NO_LOG}"