2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 18af93418d..b4fbdb58f5 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -307,7 +307,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
         if ((r = manager_load_unit(m, default_unit, &target)) < 0) {
                 log_error("Failed to load default target: %s", strerror(-r));
-                goto finish;
+
+                log_info("Trying to load rescue target...");
+                if ((r = manager_load_unit(m, SPECIAL_RESCUE_TARGET, &target)) < 0) {
+                        log_error("Failed to load rescue target: %s", strerror(-r));
+                        goto finish;
+                }
         }
 
         if (action == ACTION_TEST) {
diff --git a/manager.h b/manager.h
index b6c0a51ecf..817bc00bc8 100644
--- a/manager.h
+++ b/manager.h
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ struct Watch {
 #define SPECIAL_SYSLOG_TARGET "syslog.target"             /* Should pull in syslog.socket or syslog.service */
 #define SPECIAL_RTC_SET_TARGET "rtc-set.target"           /* LSB's $time */
 #define SPECIAL_BASIC_TARGET "basic.target"
+#define SPECIAL_RESCUE_TARGET "rescue.target"
 
 /* For SysV compatibility. Usually an alias for a saner target. On
  * SysV-free systems this doesn't exist. */