diff --git a/nixosModules/default.nix b/nixosModules/default.nix
index 217a3ed..3b229dd 100644
--- a/nixosModules/default.nix
+++ b/nixosModules/default.nix
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ in
     boot.initrd.systemd.enable = true; # for etc.overlay, but we don't have initrd
     system.etc.overlay.enable = true; # erofs
     system.etc.overlay.mutable = false;
+    system.systemBuilderCommands = # XXX: removed with the introduction of nixos-init
+      ''
+        ln -s ${config.system.build.etcMetadataImage} $out/etc-metadata-image
+        ln -s ${config.system.build.etcBasedir} $out/etc-basedir
+      '';
     system.switch.enable = false;
     services.udev.enable = lib.mkDefault true;
     services.udev.packages = lib.mkDefault [ ];