diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd/initrd.nix b/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd/initrd.nix
index cc32b2a15e7ce..6107a2594baf8 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd/initrd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd/initrd.nix
@@ -473,8 +473,8 @@ in {
         "${cfg.package.util-linux}/bin/umount"
         "${cfg.package.util-linux}/bin/sulogin"
 
-        # required for script services
-        "${pkgs.runtimeShell}"
+        # required for script services, and some tools like xfs still want the sh symlink
+        "${pkgs.bash}/bin"
 
         # so NSS can look up usernames
         "${pkgs.glibc}/lib/libnss_files.so.2"
diff --git a/nixos/tests/installer-systemd-stage-1.nix b/nixos/tests/installer-systemd-stage-1.nix
index 1dd55dada042a..00205f9417718 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/installer-systemd-stage-1.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/installer-systemd-stage-1.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     luksroot
     luksroot-format1
     luksroot-format2
-    # lvm
+    lvm
     separateBoot
     separateBootFat
     separateBootZfs
diff --git a/nixos/tests/installer.nix b/nixos/tests/installer.nix
index 7e835041eb39f..fce2a11b5bf18 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/installer.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/installer.nix
@@ -975,6 +975,9 @@ in {
           "mount LABEL=nixos /mnt",
       )
     '';
+    extraConfig = optionalString systemdStage1 ''
+      boot.initrd.services.lvm.enable = true;
+    '';
   };
 
   # Boot off an encrypted root partition with the default LUKS header format