diff --git a/0003-Ignore-failure-to-setup-private-dev.patch b/0003-Ignore-failure-to-setup-private-dev.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ccb81c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0003-Ignore-failure-to-setup-private-dev.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+From dbe7ff3240dd30240402632dfa9d95a71f425267 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Zbigniew=20J=C4=99drzejewski-Szmek?= <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>
+Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 10:34:10 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Ignore failure to setup private /dev
+
+This partially reverts 1beab8b0d0.
+---
+ src/core/namespace.c | 8 +++++++-
+ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/core/namespace.c b/src/core/namespace.c
+index c2ca3e0334..6113b9a5ea 100644
+--- a/src/core/namespace.c
++++ b/src/core/namespace.c
+@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ typedef struct MountEntry {
+         bool has_prefix:1;        /* Already is prefixed by the root dir? */
+         bool read_only:1;         /* Shall this mount point be read-only? */
+         bool applied:1;           /* Already applied */
++        bool xxx:1;
+         char *path_malloc;        /* Use this instead of 'path_const' if we had to allocate memory */
+         const char *source_const; /* The source path, for bind mounts */
+         char *source_malloc;
+@@ -1413,7 +1414,10 @@ int setup_namespace(
+                                 }
+ 
+                                 r = apply_mount(root, m);
+-                                if (r < 0)
++                                if (m->mode == PRIVATE_DEV && IN_SET(r, -EPERM, -EACCES)) {
++                                        m->xxx = true;
++                                        log_warning_errno(r, "Failed to prepare private /dev, ignoring: %m");
++                                } else if (r < 0)
+                                         goto finish;
+ 
+                                 m->applied = true;
+@@ -1433,6 +1437,8 @@ int setup_namespace(
+ 
+                 /* Second round, flip the ro bits if necessary. */
+                 for (m = mounts; m < mounts + n_mounts; ++m) {
++                        if (m->xxx)
++                                continue;
+                         r = make_read_only(m, blacklist, proc_self_mountinfo);
+                         if (r < 0)
+                                 goto finish;
+-- 
+2.19.2
+
diff --git a/systemd.spec b/systemd.spec
index 0991fa2..ae12798 100644
--- a/systemd.spec
+++ b/systemd.spec
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 Name:           systemd
 Url:            https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd
 Version:        240
-Release:        5%{?commit:.git%{shortcommit}}%{?dist}
+Release:        6%{?commit:.git%{shortcommit}}%{?dist}
 # For a breakdown of the licensing, see README
 License:        LGPLv2+ and MIT and GPLv2+
 Summary:        System and Service Manager
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ GIT_DIR=../../src/systemd/.git git diffab -M v233..master@{2017-06-15} -- hwdb/[
 %endif
 
 Patch0002:      0002-Revert-units-set-NoNewPrivileges-for-all-long-runnin.patch
+Patch0003:      0003-Ignore-failure-to-setup-private-dev.patch
 
 Patch0998:      0998-resolved-create-etc-resolv.conf-symlink-at-runtime.patch
 
@@ -692,6 +693,9 @@ fi
 %files tests -f .file-list-tests
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jan 15 2019 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> - 240-6.gitf02b547
+- Add a work-around for #1663040
+
 * Mon Jan 14 2019 Björn Esser <besser82@fedoraproject.org>
 - Rebuilt for libcrypt.so.2 (#1666033)