diff --git a/modules.d/99base/init b/modules.d/99base/init
index 1c695c2f..f79d102a 100755
--- a/modules.d/99base/init
+++ b/modules.d/99base/init
@@ -76,8 +76,13 @@ RDDEBUG=""
 mount -t proc -o nosuid,noexec,nodev /proc /proc >/dev/null 2>&1
 mount -t sysfs -o nosuid,noexec,nodev /sys /sys >/dev/null 2>&1
 
-read RD_TIMESTAMP _tmp < /proc/uptime
-unset _tmp
+
+if [ -x /lib/systemd/systemd-timestamp ]; then
+    RD_TIMESTAMP=$(/lib/systemd/systemd-timestamp)
+else
+    read RD_TIMESTAMP _tmp < /proc/uptime
+    unset _tmp
+fi
 
 if [ ! -c /dev/ptmx ]; then
     # try to mount devtmpfs
diff --git a/modules.d/99base/install b/modules.d/99base/install
index 0435e329..57bf4bc1 100755
--- a/modules.d/99base/install
+++ b/modules.d/99base/install
@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ inst "$moddir/dracut-lib.sh" "/lib/dracut-lib.sh"
 inst_hook cmdline 10 "$moddir/parse-root-opts.sh"
 inst_hook cmdline 20 "$moddir/parse-blacklist.sh"
 mkdir -p "${initdir}/var/run"
+[ -x /lib/systemd/systemd-timestamp ] && inst /lib/systemd/systemd-timestamp