diff --git a/hw/orion/hardware-configuration.nix b/hw/orion/hardware-configuration.nix
index a7ea437..526c737 100644
--- a/hw/orion/hardware-configuration.nix
+++ b/hw/orion/hardware-configuration.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
   boot.initrd.availableKernelModules = [ "xhci_pci" "thunderbolt" "ahci" "nvme" "usb_storage" "usbhid" "sd_mod" "rtsx_pci_sdmmc" ];
   boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ ];
+  boot.initrd.systemd.enable = true;
   boot.kernelModules = [ "kvm-intel" ];
   boot.extraModulePackages = [ ];
 
diff --git a/hw/rift/hardware-configuration.nix b/hw/rift/hardware-configuration.nix
index 4a98e33..fbe9b52 100644
--- a/hw/rift/hardware-configuration.nix
+++ b/hw/rift/hardware-configuration.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
   boot.initrd.availableKernelModules = [ "xhci_pci" "thunderbolt" "ahci" "nvme" "usbhid" "usb_storage" "sd_mod" "rtsx_pci_sdmmc" ];
   boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ ];
+  boot.initrd.systemd.enable = true;
   boot.kernelModules = [ "kvm-intel" ];
   boot.extraModulePackages = [ ];