diff --git a/meta-google/recipes-google/nftables/files/nft-configure.sh b/meta-google/recipes-google/nftables/files/nft-configure.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a82c282
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-google/recipes-google/nftables/files/nft-configure.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+shopt -s nullglob
+declare -A basemap=()
+i=0
+for dir in /run/nftables /etc/nftables /usr/share/nftables; do
+  for file in "$dir"/*.rules; do
+    basemap["${file##*/}$i"]="$file"
+  done
+  let i+=1
+done
+rc=0
+for key in $(printf "%s\n" "${!basemap[@]}" | sort -r); do
+  echo "Executing ${basemap[$key]}" >&2
+  nft -f "${basemap[$key]}" || rc=$?
+done
+exit $rc
diff --git a/meta-google/recipes-google/nftables/files/nftables.service b/meta-google/recipes-google/nftables/files/nftables.service
index 3830988..79f0bb5 100644
--- a/meta-google/recipes-google/nftables/files/nftables.service
+++ b/meta-google/recipes-google/nftables/files/nftables.service
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
 RemainAfterExit=yes
-ExecStart=/bin/bash -c 'shopt -s nullglob; echo /etc/nftables/*.rules | xargs -r -n 1 nft -f'
+ExecStart=/usr/libexec/nft-configure.sh
 ExecStop=/bin/bash -c 'nft flush ruleset'
 
 [Install]