diff --git a/elements/iso-deps/eos-installer.bst b/elements/iso-deps/eos-installer.bst
index 1928924533f9179e4ed8b338b73c062ad7b7e9b2..62a37b83ae505d9092259e90caf905a15b9ff354 100644
--- a/elements/iso-deps/eos-installer.bst
+++ b/elements/iso-deps/eos-installer.bst
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ sources:
   path: patches/eos-installer/0001-polkit-rules-tweak-to-be-ecma-5-compatible.patch
 - kind: patch
   path: patches/eos-installer/usrfs.patch
+- kind: patch
+  path: patches/eos-installer/eos-images-not-before-local-fs-target.patch
 
 depends:
 - freedesktop-sdk.bst:bootstrap-import.bst
diff --git a/patches/eos-installer/eos-images-not-before-local-fs-target.patch b/patches/eos-installer/eos-images-not-before-local-fs-target.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0bc2ae79f15924e88c8506680d696b4743f3c60f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/eos-installer/eos-images-not-before-local-fs-target.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff -ur eos-installer.old/eos-installer-data/run-mount-eosimages.mount eos-installer/eos-installer-data/run-mount-eosimages.mount
+--- eos-installer.old/eos-installer-data/run-mount-eosimages.mount	2025-01-28 19:37:13.842287198 +0100
++++ eos-installer/eos-installer-data/run-mount-eosimages.mount	2025-01-28 19:38:54.481123860 +0100
+@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
+ [Unit]
+ Description=Endless OS reformatter images partition
++DefaultDependencies=no
++Before=umount.target
++Conflicts=umount.target
++After=local-fs-pre.target
+ 
+ [Mount]
+ What=LABEL=eosimages