diff --git a/board/myna-player-odyssey/rootfs_patches/dt-utils/0002-barebox-state-hardcode-lock-file-to-run-barebox-state.patch b/board/myna-player-odyssey/rootfs_patches/dt-utils/0002-barebox-state-hardcode-lock-file-to-run-barebox-state.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c634962
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board/myna-player-odyssey/rootfs_patches/dt-utils/0002-barebox-state-hardcode-lock-file-to-run-barebox-state.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+From f28f46a3094dc19d78b574741c3f024336752c6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Xogium <contact@xogium.me>
+Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2020 07:09:16 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] barebox-state: hardcode lock file to /run/barebox-state
+ instead
+
+This is required on newest systemd where sysvinit compatibility is disabled. Directories like /var/run/lock, /var/lock and /run/lock don't get created anymore, so we work around this.
+---
+ src/barebox-state.c | 6 +++---
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/barebox-state.c b/src/barebox-state.c
+index 946a8db..f7bebd7 100644
+--- a/src/barebox-state.c
++++ b/src/barebox-state.c
+@@ -505,15 +505,15 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+ 		++nr_states;
+ 	}
+ 
+-	lock_fd = open("/var/lock/barebox-state", O_CREAT | O_RDWR, 0600);
++	lock_fd = open("/run/barebox-state", O_CREAT | O_RDWR, 0600);
+ 	if (lock_fd < 0) {
+-		pr_err("Failed to open lock-file /var/lock/barebox-state\n");
++		pr_err("Failed to open lock-file /run/barebox-state\n");
+ 		exit(1);
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	ret = flock(lock_fd, LOCK_EX);
+ 	if (ret < 0) {
+-		pr_err("Failed to lock /var/lock/barebox-state: %m\n");
++		pr_err("Failed to lock /run/barebox-state: %m\n");
+ 		close(lock_fd);
+ 		exit(1);
+ 	}
+-- 
+2.29.2
+