diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1.nix b/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1.nix
index 7f13f67e8ef..cb6673d108b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1.nix
@@ -119,12 +119,13 @@ let
       copy_bin_and_libs ${pkgs.mdadm}/sbin/mdmon
 
       # Copy udev.
-      copy_bin_and_libs ${udev}/lib/systemd/systemd-udevd
-      copy_bin_and_libs ${udev}/lib/systemd/systemd-sysctl
       copy_bin_and_libs ${udev}/bin/udevadm
+      copy_bin_and_libs ${udev}/lib/systemd/systemd-sysctl
       for BIN in ${udev}/lib/udev/*_id; do
         copy_bin_and_libs $BIN
       done
+      # systemd-udevd is only a symlink to udevadm these days
+      ln -sf udevadm $out/bin/systemd-udevd
 
       # Copy modprobe.
       copy_bin_and_libs ${pkgs.kmod}/bin/kmod