diff --git a/man/systemd-loop@.service.xml b/man/systemd-loop@.service.xml
index 57ed181263..61d984c6db 100644
--- a/man/systemd-loop@.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-loop@.service.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-escape</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>'s
     <option>--path</option> to properly escape a file system path.</para>
 
-    <para>This unit invokes <command>systemd-dissect --attach --quiet --loop-ref-auto</command> on the
+    <para>This unit invokes <command>systemd-dissect --attach --relax --quiet --loop-ref-auto</command> on the
     specified files, see
     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-dissect</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
     details.</para>
diff --git a/units/systemd-loop@.service b/units/systemd-loop@.service
index a063dcec86..2b31c7b2b6 100644
--- a/units/systemd-loop@.service
+++ b/units/systemd-loop@.service
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ After=modprobe@loop.service
 Type=oneshot
 RemainAfterExit=yes
 TimeoutSec=infinity
-ExecStart=systemd-dissect --attach --loop-ref-auto --quiet %f
+ExecStart=systemd-dissect --attach --relax --loop-ref-auto --quiet %f
 ExecStop=systemd-dissect --detach %f