diff --git a/modules/system/boot/stage-1.nix b/modules/system/boot/stage-1.nix
index ac8a3ccc238..b131867966a 100644
--- a/modules/system/boot/stage-1.nix
+++ b/modules/system/boot/stage-1.nix
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ let
       cp -v ${pkgs.lvm2}/sbin/dmsetup $out/bin/dmsetup
       cp -v ${pkgs.lvm2}/sbin/lvm $out/bin/lvm
       cp -v ${pkgs.lvm2}/lib/libdevmapper.so.*.* $out/lib
+      cp -v ${pkgs.systemd}/lib/libsystemd-daemon.so.* $out/lib
 
       # Add RAID mdadm tool.
       cp -v ${pkgs.mdadm}/sbin/mdadm $out/bin/mdadm