diff --git a/src/modules/machineid/MachineIdJob.cpp b/src/modules/machineid/MachineIdJob.cpp
index 302e8c308..2feff6aea 100644
--- a/src/modules/machineid/MachineIdJob.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/machineid/MachineIdJob.cpp
@@ -57,14 +57,13 @@ MachineIdJob::exec()
 
     QString target_systemd_machineid_file = QStringLiteral( "/etc/machine-id" );
     QString target_dbus_machineid_file = QStringLiteral( "/var/lib/dbus/machine-id" );
-    QString target_entropy_file = QStringLiteral( "/var/lib/urandom/random-seed" );
 
     const CalamaresUtils::System* system = CalamaresUtils::System::instance();
 
     // Clear existing files
-    if ( m_entropy )
+    for ( const auto& entropy_file : m_entropy_files )
     {
-        system->removeTargetFile( target_entropy_file );
+        system->removeTargetFile( entropy_file );
     }
     if ( m_dbus )
     {
@@ -76,12 +75,12 @@ MachineIdJob::exec()
     }
 
     //Create new files
-    if ( m_entropy )
+    for ( const auto& entropy_file : m_entropy_files )
     {
         auto r = MachineId::createEntropy( m_entropy_copy ? MachineId::EntropyGeneration::CopyFromHost
                                                           : MachineId::EntropyGeneration::New,
                                            root,
-                                           target_entropy_file );
+                                           entropy_file );
         if ( !r )
         {
             return r;
@@ -89,6 +88,10 @@ MachineIdJob::exec()
     }
     if ( m_systemd )
     {
+        if ( !system->createTargetParentDirs( target_systemd_machineid_file ) )
+        {
+            cWarning() << "Could not create systemd data-directory.";
+        }
         auto r = MachineId::createSystemdMachineId( root, target_systemd_machineid_file );
         if ( !r )
         {
@@ -143,8 +146,19 @@ MachineIdJob::setConfigurationMap( const QVariantMap& map )
     // ignore it, though, if dbus is false
     m_dbus_symlink = m_dbus && m_dbus_symlink;
 
-    m_entropy = CalamaresUtils::getBool( map, "entropy", false );
     m_entropy_copy = CalamaresUtils::getBool( map, "entropy-copy", false );
+
+    m_entropy_files = CalamaresUtils::getStringList( map, "entropy-files" );
+    if ( CalamaresUtils::getBool( map, "entropy", false ) )
+    {
+        cWarning() << "MachineId:: configuration setting *entropy* is deprecated, use *entropy-files*.";
+
+        QString target_entropy_file = QStringLiteral( "/var/lib/urandom/random-seed" );
+        if ( !m_entropy_files.contains( target_entropy_file ) )
+        {
+            m_entropy_files.append( target_entropy_file );
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 CALAMARES_PLUGIN_FACTORY_DEFINITION( MachineIdJobFactory, registerPlugin< MachineIdJob >(); )
diff --git a/src/modules/machineid/MachineIdJob.h b/src/modules/machineid/MachineIdJob.h
index b58d2f4dd..136f28ecb 100644
--- a/src/modules/machineid/MachineIdJob.h
+++ b/src/modules/machineid/MachineIdJob.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #define MACHINEIDJOB_H
 
 #include <QObject>
+#include <QStringList>
 #include <QVariantMap>
 
 #include "CppJob.h"
@@ -19,6 +20,9 @@
 
 #include "DllMacro.h"
 
+/** @brief Write 'random' data: machine id, entropy, UUIDs
+ *
+ */
 class PLUGINDLLEXPORT MachineIdJob : public Calamares::CppJob
 {
     Q_OBJECT
@@ -33,14 +37,22 @@ public:
 
     void setConfigurationMap( const QVariantMap& configurationMap ) override;
 
+    /** @brief The list of filenames to write full of entropy.
+     *
+     * The list may be empty (no entropy files are configure) or
+     * contain one or more filenames to be interpreted within the
+     * target system.
+     */
+    QStringList entropyFileNames() const { return m_entropy_files; }
+
 private:
     bool m_systemd = false;  ///< write systemd's files
 
     bool m_dbus = false;  ///< write dbus files
     bool m_dbus_symlink = false;  ///< .. or just symlink to systemd
 
-    bool m_entropy = false;  ///< write an entropy file
     bool m_entropy_copy = false;  ///< copy from host system
+    QStringList m_entropy_files;  ///< names of files to write
 };
 
 CALAMARES_PLUGIN_FACTORY_DECLARATION( MachineIdJobFactory )
diff --git a/src/modules/machineid/machineid.conf b/src/modules/machineid/machineid.conf
index 5ebf17c8c..c6189e598 100644
--- a/src/modules/machineid/machineid.conf
+++ b/src/modules/machineid/machineid.conf
@@ -19,7 +19,13 @@ dbus: true
 # (ignored if dbus is false, or if there is no /etc/machine-id to point to).
 dbus-symlink: true
 
-# Whether to create an entropy file
+# Whether to create an entropy file /var/lib/urandom/random-seed
+#
+# DEPRECATED: list the file in entropy-files instead
 entropy: false
 # Whether to copy entropy from the host
 entropy-copy: false
+# Which files to write (paths in the target)
+entropy-files:
+    - /var/lib/urandom/random-seed
+    - /var/lib/systemd/random-seed
diff --git a/src/modules/machineid/machineid.schema.yaml b/src/modules/machineid/machineid.schema.yaml
index 8b84f1d22..1ae67e132 100644
--- a/src/modules/machineid/machineid.schema.yaml
+++ b/src/modules/machineid/machineid.schema.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ properties:
     systemd: { type: boolean, default: true }
     dbus: { type: boolean, default: true }
     "dbus-symlink": { type: boolean, default: true }
-    entropy: { type: boolean, default: false }
     "entropy-copy": { type: boolean, default: false }
+    "entropy-files": { type: array, items: { type: string } }
     # Deprecated properties
     symlink: { type: boolean, default: true }
+    entropy: { type: boolean, default: false }