diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/rootfs-postcommands.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/rootfs-postcommands.bbclass
index bde58ad..89f8efd 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/rootfs-postcommands.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/rootfs-postcommands.bbclass
@@ -126,6 +126,12 @@
 			${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/init.d/populate-volatile.sh
 		fi
 	fi
+
+	if ${@bb.utils.contains("DISTRO_FEATURES", "systemd", "true", "false", d)}; then
+	# Create machine-id
+	# 20:12 < mezcalero> koen: you have three options: a) run systemd-machine-id-setup at install time, b) have / read-only and an empty file there (for stateless) and c) boot with / writable
+		touch ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${sysconfdir}/machine-id
+	fi
 }
 
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