diff --git a/systemvm/debian/etc/rsyslog.conf b/systemvm/debian/etc/rsyslog.conf
index 8dc7c7504ca..c7de03d5ad6 100644
--- a/systemvm/debian/etc/rsyslog.conf
+++ b/systemvm/debian/etc/rsyslog.conf
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ news.notice			-/var/log/news/news.notice
 #
 # Emergencies are sent to everybody logged in.
 #
-*.emerg				*
+*.emerg				:omusrmsg:*
 
 #
 # I like to have messages displayed on the console, but only on a virtual
diff --git a/systemvm/debian/etc/systemd/system/cloud-postinit.service b/systemvm/debian/etc/systemd/system/cloud-postinit.service
index c23516e67ff..19ddfcc6384 100644
--- a/systemvm/debian/etc/systemd/system/cloud-postinit.service
+++ b/systemvm/debian/etc/systemd/system/cloud-postinit.service
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=CloudStack post-patching init script
 After=cloud-early-config.service network.target local-fs.target
-Before=ssh.service
+Before=ssh.service apache2.service
 Requires=network.service
 
 [Install]
diff --git a/tools/appliance/systemvmtemplate/scripts/finalize.sh b/tools/appliance/systemvmtemplate/scripts/finalize.sh
index 260bddff4e5..e5d15ecb61c 100644
--- a/tools/appliance/systemvmtemplate/scripts/finalize.sh
+++ b/tools/appliance/systemvmtemplate/scripts/finalize.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ function configure_misc() {
   echo "cloud:`openssl rand -base64 32`" | chpasswd
 }
 
+function configure_rundisk_size() {
+  # Debian's default is 10% of total RAM. This is too low when total is 256M.
+  # See https://manpages.debian.org/stretch/initscripts/tmpfs.5.en.html
+  echo "tmpfs /run tmpfs nodev,nosuid,size=20%,mode=755 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
+}
+
 function configure_sudoers() {
   cat >/etc/sudoers <<END
 Defaults	env_reset
@@ -63,6 +69,7 @@ function zero_disk() {
 
 function finalize() {
   configure_misc
+  configure_rundisk_size
   configure_sudoers
   cleanup_final
   sync