diff --git a/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/sd-image-raspberrypi4.nix b/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/sd-image-raspberrypi4.nix
index c545a1e7e24..79c835dc390 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/sd-image-raspberrypi4.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/sd-image-raspberrypi4.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
   sdImage = {
     firmwareSize = 128;
+    firmwarePartitionName = "NIXOS_BOOT";
     # This is a hack to avoid replicating config.txt from boot.loader.raspberryPi
     populateFirmwareCommands =
       "${config.system.build.installBootLoader} ${config.system.build.toplevel} -d ./firmware";
@@ -25,6 +26,12 @@
     populateRootCommands = "";
   };
 
+  fileSystems."/boot/firmware" = {
+    # This effectively "renames" the loaOf entry set in sd-image.nix
+    mountPoint = "/boot";
+    neededForBoot = true;
+  };
+
   # the installation media is also the installation target,
   # so we don't want to provide the installation configuration.nix.
   installer.cloneConfig = false;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/sd-image.nix b/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/sd-image.nix
index 98c12e30633..c15befa59e2 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/sd-image.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/sd-image.nix
@@ -63,6 +63,14 @@ in
       '';
     };
 
+    firmwarePartitionName = mkOption {
+      type = types.str;
+      default = "FIRMWARE";
+      description = ''
+        Name of the filesystem which holds the boot firmware.
+      '';
+    };
+
     rootPartitionUUID = mkOption {
       type = types.nullOr types.str;
       default = null;
@@ -114,7 +122,7 @@ in
   config = {
     fileSystems = {
       "/boot/firmware" = {
-        device = "/dev/disk/by-label/FIRMWARE";
+        device = "/dev/disk/by-label/${config.sdImage.firmwarePartitionName}";
         fsType = "vfat";
         # Alternatively, this could be removed from the configuration.
         # The filesystem is not needed at runtime, it could be treated
@@ -178,7 +186,7 @@ in
         # Create a FAT32 /boot/firmware partition of suitable size into firmware_part.img
         eval $(partx $img -o START,SECTORS --nr 1 --pairs)
         truncate -s $((SECTORS * 512)) firmware_part.img
-        faketime "1970-01-01 00:00:00" mkfs.vfat -i ${config.sdImage.firmwarePartitionID} -n FIRMWARE firmware_part.img
+        faketime "1970-01-01 00:00:00" mkfs.vfat -i ${config.sdImage.firmwarePartitionID} -n ${config.sdImage.firmwarePartitionName} firmware_part.img
 
         # Populate the files intended for /boot/firmware
         mkdir firmware
diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/raspberrypi/raspberrypi-builder.sh b/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/raspberrypi/raspberrypi-builder.sh
index c8b5bf2e61a..0541ca1ba62 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/raspberrypi/raspberrypi-builder.sh
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/raspberrypi/raspberrypi-builder.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-#! @bash@/bin/sh -e
+#! @bash@/bin/sh
+
+# This can end up being called disregarding the shebang.
+set -e
 
 shopt -s nullglob