diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 0e8006e37..7106d170d 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ systemd (221-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * udev: Drop doc dir symlinking. It has caused too much trouble and only
     marginally helps to avoid duplication. Such duplication should be dealt
     with at the distro, not package level.
+  * debian/rules: Entirely ignore $LD_PRELOAD instead of just libfakeroot in
+    the link check, to also avoid libeatmydata. (Closes: #790546)
 
  -- Martin Pitt <mpitt@debian.org>  Mon, 29 Jun 2015 07:42:50 +0200
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 46e564e51..ded02b726 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ ifeq (, $(findstring nocheck, $(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
 	echo "Checking that executables don't link to libraries in /usr..."
 	set -e; for e in debian/install/deb/lib/systemd/systemd*; do \
 	    echo " $$e"; \
-	    OUT=`ldd $$e | grep -v libfakeroot`; if echo "$$OUT" | grep -q /usr; then \
+	    OUT=`env -u LD_PRELOAD ldd $$e`; if echo "$$OUT" | grep -q /usr; then \
 	        echo "ERROR: $$e links to /usr"; echo "$$OUT"; exit 1; \
 	    fi; \
 	done