diff --git a/sys/base/base-files/base-files.sysconf b/sys/base/base-files/base-files.sysconf
index 00f42bbd..1577ebee 100644
--- a/sys/base/base-files/base-files.sysconf
+++ b/sys/base/base-files/base-files.sysconf
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ cat /etc/passwd.d/* | sed "s/#.*//g"| while read line ; do
         : skip empty line
     else
         uid=$(echo $line | cut -f3 -d":")
-        if ! grep "x:$uid:" /etc/passwd > /dev/null ; then
+        if ! grep ":$uid:" /etc/passwd > /dev/null ; then
             echo "${line}" >> /etc/passwd
         fi
     fi