diff --git a/usr/bin/archboot-cpio.sh b/usr/bin/archboot-cpio.sh
index 9ddde3e5e..a92dd339d 100755
--- a/usr/bin/archboot-cpio.sh
+++ b/usr/bin/archboot-cpio.sh
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ for i in "${_HOOKS[@]}"; do
     _run_hook "${i}"
     _HOOK_COUNT="$((_HOOK_COUNT+1))"
 done
+_install_libs
 _install_modules "${!_MOD_PATH[@]}"
 ldconfig -r "${_ROOTFS}" &>"${_NO_LOG}" || exit 1
 # remove /var/cache/ldconfig/aux-cache for reproducibility
diff --git a/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/cpio.sh b/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/cpio.sh
index 1aeb996a6..9632a8747 100644
--- a/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/cpio.sh
+++ b/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/cpio.sh
@@ -168,27 +168,8 @@ _file_rename() {
 }
 
 _binary() {
-    if [[ "${1:0:1}" != '/' ]]; then
-        _BIN="$(type -P "${1}")"
-    else
-        _BIN="${1}"
-    fi
+    _BIN="$(type -P "${1}")"
     _file "${_BIN}"
-    # non-binaries
-    if ! _LDD="$(ldd "${_BIN}" 2>"${_NO_LOG}")"; then
-        return 0
-    fi
-    # resolve libraries
-    _REGULAR_EXPRESSION='^(|.+ )(/.+) \(0x[a-fA-F0-9]+\)'
-    while read -r i; do
-        if [[ "${i}" =~ ${_REGULAR_EXPRESSION} ]]; then
-            _LIB="${BASH_REMATCH[2]}"
-        fi
-        if [[ -f "${_LIB}" && ! -e "${_ROOTFS}${_LIB}" ]]; then
-            _file "${_LIB}"
-        fi
-    done <<< "${_LDD}"
-    return 0
 }
 
 _init_rootfs() {
@@ -238,6 +219,28 @@ _install_modules() {
     rm "${_ROOTFS}${_MODULE_DIR}"/modules.!(*.bin|*.modinfo|devname|softdep)
 }
 
+_install_libs() {
+    # add libraries for binaries in bin/ and /lib/systemd
+    echo "Adding libraries for / and /lib/systemd..."
+    _LIBS="$(objdump -p "${_ROOTFS}"/bin/* "${_ROOTFS}"/lib/systemd/{systemd-*,libsystemd*} 2>${_NO_LOG} |
+            grep 'NEEDED' | sort -u | sed -e 's#NEEDED##g' -e 's# .* #/lib/#g')"
+    while read -r i; do
+        [[ -e "${i}" ]] && _file "${i}"
+    done <<< "${_LIBS}"
+    echo "Checking libraries in /lib..."
+    _LIB_COUNT=""
+    while true; do
+        _LIBS="$(objdump -p "${_ROOTFS}"/lib/*.so* |
+                grep 'NEEDED' | sort -u | sed -e 's#NEEDED##g' -e 's# .* #/lib/#g')"
+        while read -r i; do
+            [[ -e "${i}" ]] && _file "${i}"
+        done <<< "${_LIBS}"
+        _LIB_COUNT2="$(ls "${_ROOTFS}"/lib/*.so* | wc -l)"
+        [[ "${_LIB_COUNT}" == "${_LIB_COUNT2}" ]] && break
+        _LIB_COUNT="${_LIB_COUNT2}"
+    done
+}
+
 _create_cpio() {
     case "${_COMP}" in
         cat)    echo "Creating uncompressed image: ${_GENERATE_IMAGE}"
diff --git a/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/base_common b/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/base_common
index 8606a1152..602c2f9e0 100644
--- a/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/base_common
+++ b/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/base_common
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ var/lib/pacman/local \
     # mask systemd-gpt-auto-generator, errors out on initramfs usage
     _symlink /etc/systemd/system-generators/systemd-gpt-auto-generator /dev/null
     ### add udev
-    _map _binary /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-udevd udevadm systemd-tmpfiles logger
+    _map _binary udevadm systemd-tmpfiles logger
     # add schedule rules file
     _file_rename /usr/share/archboot/base/etc/udev/rules.d/60-ioschedulers.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/60-ioschedulers.rules
 
diff --git a/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/init b/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/init
index 91d2e2c08..cd95d21aa 100644
--- a/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/init
+++ b/usr/lib/archboot/cpio/hooks/init
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ _run() {
     _map _binary bash sh blkid mount mountpoint switch_root bsdcpio mkfs.btrfs setfont \
         /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-udevd udevadm systemd-tmpfiles kmod insmod modprobe \
         gzip uname cat cp dmesg grep ln ls mv rm umount lsblk rmmod cut sed find mkdir dialog
+    # needed library for udevadm!
+    _map _file /usr/lib/systemd/libsystemd-shared*
     _file /usr/share/terminfo/l/linux
     _file_rename /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/ter-v16n.psf.gz /consolefont-16.psf.gz
     _file_rename /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/ter-v32n.psf.gz /consolefont-32.psf.gz