diff --git a/molecule/default/converge.yml b/molecule/default/converge.yml
index 77958f6..18b5b03 100644
--- a/molecule/default/converge.yml
+++ b/molecule/default/converge.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@
       when: ansible_os_family == 'Debian'
 
     - name: Wait for systemd to complete initialization. # noqa 303
-      command: systemctl status systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service
+      command: systemctl is-system-running
+      register: systemctl_status
+      until: "'running' in systemctl_status.stdout"
+      retries: 30
+      delay: 5
       when: ansible_service_mgr == 'systemd'
       changed_when: false