diff --git a/debian/preinst b/debian/preinst
index 51092f1..de5b1f1 100644
--- a/debian/preinst
+++ b/debian/preinst
@@ -5,8 +5,19 @@ if [ "$1" = "install" ] || [ "$1" = "upgrade" ]; then
   msg=
   for d in bin lib lib32 lib64 libo32 libx32 sbin; do
     if [ -L "$DPKG_ROOT/$d" ]; then
-      if [ "$(readlink "$DPKG_ROOT/$d")" != "usr/$d" ]; then
-        msg="/$d is a symbolic link and not pointing at usr/$d exactly"
+      target=$(readlink "$DPKG_ROOT/$d")
+      if [ "$target" != "usr/$d" ]; then
+        if [ "$d" = lib64 ] && [ "$target" = "usr/lib/#DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH#" ]; then
+          # Work around https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/33919
+          echo "Fixing bad /$d symbolic link created by systemd-nspawn."
+          if [ -d "$DPKG_ROOT/usr/$d" ]; then
+            ln -sf "usr/$d" "$DPKG_ROOT/$d"
+          else
+            rm "$DPKG_ROOT/$d"
+          fi
+        else
+          msg="/$d is a symbolic link and not pointing at usr/$d exactly"
+        fi
       elif [ ! -d "$DPKG_ROOT/usr/$d" ]; then
         msg="/$d is a dangling symbolic link"
       fi