diff --git a/src/imds/imdsd.c b/src/imds/imdsd.c
index 9c194c0900..5ad1935721 100644
--- a/src/imds/imdsd.c
+++ b/src/imds/imdsd.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "errno-util.h"
 #include "escape.h"
 #include "event-util.h"
+#include "exit-status.h"
 #include "fd-util.h"
 #include "format-ifname.h"
 #include "format-table.h"
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@
  * https://docs.hetzner.cloud/reference/cloud#description/server-metadata
  *
  * Some notes:
- *   - IMDS service are heavily rate limited, and hence we want to centralize requests in one place and cache
+ *   - IMDS service are heavily rate-limited, and hence we want to centralize requests in one place and cache
  *   - In order to isolate IMDS access this expects that traffic to the IMDS address 169.254.169.254 is
  *     generally prohibited (via a prohibit route), but our service uses fwmark 0x7FFF0815, which (via source
  *     routing) can bypass this route.
@@ -1851,7 +1852,9 @@ static int cmdline_run(void) {
 
         /* Process the request when invoked via the command line (i.e. not via Varlink) */
 
-        r = imds_configured(LOG_ERR);
+        r = imds_configured(LOG_INFO);
+        if (r == -EOPNOTSUPP)
+                return EXIT_NOTCONFIGURED;
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
diff --git a/units/systemd-imds-early-network.service.in b/units/systemd-imds-early-network.service.in
index b4241237f0..23b35e6337 100644
--- a/units/systemd-imds-early-network.service.in
+++ b/units/systemd-imds-early-network.service.in
@@ -21,3 +21,8 @@ After=sys-devices-virtual-dmi-id.device
 ExecStart={{LIBEXECDIR}}/systemd-imdsd --setup-network
 Type=oneshot
 RemainAfterExit=yes
+
+# The tool returns EXIT_NOTCONFIGURED if the configuration required for basic
+# operation is not found. Do not treat this as error, because the service can
+# be started on generic systems that do not have complete IMDS support.
+SuccessExitStatus=NOTCONFIGURED
diff --git a/units/systemd-imds-import.service.in b/units/systemd-imds-import.service.in
index d27e59778f..4a6c83ae7d 100644
--- a/units/systemd-imds-import.service.in
+++ b/units/systemd-imds-import.service.in
@@ -23,3 +23,8 @@ Before=shutdown.target
 Type=oneshot
 RemainAfterExit=yes
 ExecStart={{LIBEXECDIR}}/systemd-imds --import
+
+# The tool returns EXIT_NOTCONFIGURED if the configuration required for basic
+# operation is not found. Do not treat this as error, because the service can
+# be started on generic systems that do not have complete IMDS support.
+SuccessExitStatus=NOTCONFIGURED