diff --git a/supporting-materials/systemd-units-overrides/etc/systemd/system/haveged.service.d/01-honour-default.conf b/supporting-materials/systemd-units-overrides/etc/systemd/system/haveged.service.d/01-honour-default.conf
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/supporting-materials/systemd-units-overrides/etc/systemd/system/haveged.service.d/01-honour-default.conf
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+# systemd crap is hardcoded and does not respect envs
+[Service]
+EnvironmentFile=/etc/default/haveged
+ExecStart=
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/haveged --Foreground --verbose=1 ${DAEMON_ARGS}