diff --git a/AppImage/scripts/native_app_discovery.py b/AppImage/scripts/native_app_discovery.py
index a87dfc6e..169fd4a2 100644
--- a/AppImage/scripts/native_app_discovery.py
+++ b/AppImage/scripts/native_app_discovery.py
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ _SYSTEM = {
     'ip6tables', 'firewalld', 'ufw', 'resolvconf', 'wpa-supplicant', 'modemmanager',
     'console-setup', 'keyboard-setup', 'plymouth', 'halt', 'reboot', 'shutdown',
     'rc-local', 'ntpsec', 'networkd-dispatcher', 'busybox', 'atd', 'uuidd',
+    # Common packaged daemons are infrastructure, not a user-managed app.
+    'nginx', 'apache', 'apache2', 'httpd', 'lighttpd', 'haproxy', 'traefik',
+    'redis', 'redis-server', 'memcached', 'mysql', 'mysqld', 'mariadb', 'mariadbd',
+    'postgres', 'postgresql', 'mongod', 'mongodb', 'rabbitmq-server',
+    'elasticsearch', 'opensearch', 'fail2ban', 'named', 'bind9', 'dnsmasq',
+    'avahi-daemon', 'smbd', 'nmbd', 'samba', 'vsftpd', 'proftpd', 'cups', 'tor',
 }
 _RUNTIMES = re.compile(r'(?:python[0-9.]*|node(?:js)?|sh|bash|dash|env|java|ruby|perl)\Z')
 
@@ -205,9 +211,11 @@ def _path(value):
 def _system(name):
     raw = name.lower().removesuffix('.service')
     stem = raw.split('@')[0]
-    return raw.startswith('user@') or stem in _SYSTEM or stem.startswith((
+    return (raw.startswith('user@') or stem in _SYSTEM
+            or (raw.startswith('php') and raw.endswith('-fpm'))
+            or stem.startswith((
         'systemd-', 'dbus-', 'getty', 'containerd-', 'apt-', 'dpkg-', 'e2scrub',
-        'unattended-', 'ifup', 'ifdown', 'user@', 'btrfs-', 'lvm2-', 'lxc-'))
+        'unattended-', 'ifup', 'ifdown', 'user@', 'btrfs-', 'lvm2-', 'lxc-')))
 
 
 def _custom(path):
@@ -240,6 +248,13 @@ def parse_records(text, kind):
                     or install.startswith(('/usr/lib/systemd/', '/lib/systemd/',
                                            '/usr/lib/udev/', '/lib/udev/', '/usr/lib/apt/'))):
                 continue
+            # /etc units are operator-owned.  Do not infer an application from an
+            # arbitrary packaged systemd unit: without a package-db probe it is
+            # impossible to distinguish vendor infrastructure from a user app.
+            if (manager == 'systemd'
+                    and source.startswith(('/usr/lib/systemd/system/', '/lib/systemd/system/'))
+                    and not _custom(install)):
+                continue
             root = directory if _custom(directory) else str(Path(install).parent)
             # Generic runtime without an absolute application script is ambiguous.
             if runtime and not _custom(install):
diff --git a/AppImage/scripts/tests/test_native_app_discovery.py b/AppImage/scripts/tests/test_native_app_discovery.py
index cc1539b1..21962223 100644
--- a/AppImage/scripts/tests/test_native_app_discovery.py
+++ b/AppImage/scripts/tests/test_native_app_discovery.py
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ import native_app_discovery as native
 import lxc_apps
 
 
-def service(name='handmade', exe='/opt/handmade/server', directory='/opt/handmade', manager='systemd', script=''):
-    path = ('/etc/systemd/system/' + name + '.service' if manager == 'systemd'
-            else '/etc/init.d/' + name)
+def service(name='handmade', exe='/opt/handmade/server', directory='/opt/handmade', manager='systemd', script='', source=None):
+    path = source or ('/etc/systemd/system/' + name + '.service' if manager == 'systemd'
+                      else '/etc/init.d/' + name)
     return '\t'.join(['S', path, manager, exe, script, directory]) + '\nEND\n'
 
 
@@ -100,6 +100,25 @@ class DiscoveryFixtures(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertEqual(result['candidates'], [])
             self.assertFalse(any(native.FOOTPRINT_SCRIPT in call for call in self.calls))
 
+    def test_common_system_daemons_and_vendor_units_have_zero_footprint_probes(self):
+        cases = [
+            ('nginx', '/usr/sbin/nginx', 'openrc', None),
+            ('apache2', '/usr/sbin/apache2', 'systemd', None),
+            ('redis-server', '/usr/bin/redis-server', 'systemd', None),
+            ('mariadb', '/usr/sbin/mariadbd', 'systemd', None),
+            ('postgresql', '/usr/lib/postgresql/16/bin/postgres', 'systemd', None),
+            ('php8.3-fpm', '/usr/sbin/php-fpm8.3', 'systemd', None),
+            ('vendor-daemon', '/usr/bin/vendor-daemon', 'systemd',
+             '/usr/lib/systemd/system/vendor-daemon.service'),
+        ]
+        for name, exe, manager, source in cases:
+            with self.subTest(name=name):
+                self.calls.clear()
+                result = native.scan(101, self.runner(
+                    service(name=name, exe=exe, manager=manager, source=source)))
+                self.assertEqual(result['candidates'], [])
+                self.assertFalse(any(native.FOOTPRINT_SCRIPT in call for call in self.calls))
+
     def test_missing_remote_qemu_stopped_busy_oci_guards_precede_exec(self):
         scenarios = ['missing', 'stopped', 'busy', 'oci', 'invalid-oci', 'unmanaged']
         for scenario in scenarios: