diff --git a/build_files/bootc-fetch-apply-updates.service b/build_files/bootc-fetch-apply-updates.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0a031b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_files/bootc-fetch-apply-updates.service
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Fetch bootc updates
+Documentation=man:bootc(8)
+ConditionPathExists=/run/ostree-booted
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/bootc upgrade --quiet
+TimeoutStopFailureMode=abort
diff --git a/build_files/build.sh b/build_files/build.sh
index a79ac55..38f311f 100755
--- a/build_files/build.sh
+++ b/build_files/build.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 set -ouex pipefail
+cp /ctx/bootc-fetch-apply-updates.service /usr/lib/systemd/system/bootc-fetch-apply-updates.service
 
 dnf5 update -y
 dnf5 install -y man-pages man-db glibc-langpack-en glibc-langpack-de plymouth