diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/activation/top-level.nix b/nixos/modules/system/activation/top-level.nix
index d7a1e205b4d..52d76b03602 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/activation/top-level.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/activation/top-level.nix
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ let
       ln -s ${config.system.build.etc}/etc $out/etc
       ln -s ${config.system.path} $out/sw
       ln -s "$systemd" $out/systemd
+      ln -s ${pkgs.stdenv} $out/stdenv
 
       echo -n "$configurationName" > $out/configuration-name
       echo -n "systemd ${toString config.systemd.package.interfaceVersion}" > $out/init-interface-version