diff --git a/third_party/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/systemd-boot/systemd-boot-builder.py b/third_party/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/systemd-boot/systemd-boot-builder.py
index 97e824fe62..8c5e8bcfe6 100644
--- a/third_party/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/systemd-boot/systemd-boot-builder.py
+++ b/third_party/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/systemd-boot/systemd-boot-builder.py
@@ -20,13 +20,20 @@ def copy_if_not_exists(source, dest):
     if not os.path.exists(dest):
         shutil.copyfile(source, dest)
 
-def system_dir(profile, generation):
+def generation_dir(profile, generation):
     if profile:
         return "/nix/var/nix/profiles/system-profiles/%s-%d-link" % (profile, generation)
     else:
         return "/nix/var/nix/profiles/system-%d-link" % (generation)
 
-BOOT_ENTRY = """title NixOS{profile}
+def system_dir(profile, generation, specialisation):
+    d = generation_dir(profile, generation)
+    if specialisation:
+        return os.path.join(d, "specialisation", specialisation)
+    else:
+        return d
+
+BOOT_ENTRY = """title NixOS{profile}{specialisation}
 version Generation {generation} {description}
 linux {kernel}
 initrd {initrd}
@@ -42,24 +49,26 @@ MEMTEST_BOOT_ENTRY = """title MemTest86
 efi /efi/memtest86/BOOTX64.efi
 """
 
-def write_loader_conf(profile, generation):
+def generation_conf_filename(profile, generation, specialisation):
+    profile_part = f"-{profile}" if profile else ""
+    specialisation_part = f"-specialisation-{specialisation}" if specialisation else ""
+    return f"nixos{profile_part}{specialisation_part}-generation-{generation}.conf"
+
+def write_loader_conf(profile, generation, specialisation):
     with open("@efiSysMountPoint@/loader/loader.conf.tmp", 'w') as f:
         if "@timeout@" != "":
             f.write("timeout @timeout@\n")
-        if profile:
-            f.write("default nixos-%s-generation-%d.conf\n" % (profile, generation))
-        else:
-            f.write("default nixos-generation-%d.conf\n" % (generation))
+        f.write("default %s\n" % generation_conf_filename(profile, generation, specialisation))
         if not @editor@:
             f.write("editor 0\n");
         f.write("console-mode @consoleMode@\n");
     os.rename("@efiSysMountPoint@/loader/loader.conf.tmp", "@efiSysMountPoint@/loader/loader.conf")
 
-def profile_path(profile, generation, name):
-    return os.readlink("%s/%s" % (system_dir(profile, generation), name))
+def profile_path(profile, generation, specialisation, name):
+    return os.readlink("%s/%s" % (system_dir(profile, generation, specialisation), name))
 
-def copy_from_profile(profile, generation, name, dry_run=False):
-    store_file_path = profile_path(profile, generation, name)
+def copy_from_profile(profile, generation, specialisation, name, dry_run=False):
+    store_file_path = profile_path(profile, generation, specialisation, name)
     suffix = os.path.basename(store_file_path)
     store_dir = os.path.basename(os.path.dirname(store_file_path))
     efi_file_path = "/efi/nixos/%s-%s.efi" % (store_dir, suffix)
@@ -87,19 +96,17 @@ def describe_generation(generation_dir):
 
     return description
 
-def write_entry(profile, generation, machine_id):
-    kernel = copy_from_profile(profile, generation, "kernel")
-    initrd = copy_from_profile(profile, generation, "initrd")
+def write_entry(profile, generation, specialisation, machine_id):
+    kernel = copy_from_profile(profile, generation, specialisation, "kernel")
+    initrd = copy_from_profile(profile, generation, specialisation, "initrd")
     try:
-        append_initrd_secrets = profile_path(profile, generation, "append-initrd-secrets")
+        append_initrd_secrets = profile_path(profile, generation, specialisation, "append-initrd-secrets")
         subprocess.check_call([append_initrd_secrets, "@efiSysMountPoint@%s" % (initrd)])
     except FileNotFoundError:
         pass
-    if profile:
-        entry_file = "@efiSysMountPoint@/loader/entries/nixos-%s-generation-%d.conf" % (profile, generation)
-    else:
-        entry_file = "@efiSysMountPoint@/loader/entries/nixos-generation-%d.conf" % (generation)
-    generation_dir = os.readlink(system_dir(profile, generation))
+    entry_file = "@efiSysMountPoint@/loader/entries/%s" % (
+        generation_conf_filename(profile, generation, specialisation))
+    generation_dir = os.readlink(system_dir(profile, generation, specialisation))
     tmp_path = "%s.tmp" % (entry_file)
     kernel_params = "systemConfig=%s init=%s/init " % (generation_dir, generation_dir)
 
@@ -107,6 +114,7 @@ def write_entry(profile, generation, machine_id):
         kernel_params = kernel_params + params_file.read()
     with open(tmp_path, 'w') as f:
         f.write(BOOT_ENTRY.format(profile=" [" + profile + "]" if profile else "",
+                    specialisation=" (%s)" % specialisation if specialisation else "",
                     generation=generation,
                     kernel=kernel,
                     initrd=initrd,
@@ -135,7 +143,14 @@ def get_generations(profile=None):
     gen_lines.pop()
 
     configurationLimit = @configurationLimit@
-    return [ (profile, int(line.split()[0])) for line in gen_lines ][-configurationLimit:]
+    return [ (profile, int(line.split()[0]), None) for line in gen_lines ][-configurationLimit:]
+
+def get_specialisations(profile, generation, _):
+    specialisations_dir = os.path.join(
+            system_dir(profile, generation, None), "specialisation")
+    if not os.path.exists(specialisations_dir):
+        return []
+    return [(profile, generation, spec) for spec in os.listdir(specialisations_dir)]
 
 def remove_old_entries(gens):
     rex_profile = re.compile("^@efiSysMountPoint@/loader/entries/nixos-(.*)-generation-.*\.conf$")
@@ -223,6 +238,8 @@ def main():
     remove_old_entries(gens)
     for gen in gens:
         write_entry(*gen, machine_id)
+        for specialisation in get_specialisations(*gen):
+            write_entry(*specialisation, machine_id)
         if os.readlink(system_dir(*gen)) == args.default_config:
             write_loader_conf(*gen)
 
diff --git a/third_party/nixpkgs/nixos/tests/systemd-boot.nix b/third_party/nixpkgs/nixos/tests/systemd-boot.nix
index 7a663dd9b4..e8acef7855 100644
--- a/third_party/nixpkgs/nixos/tests/systemd-boot.nix
+++ b/third_party/nixpkgs/nixos/tests/systemd-boot.nix
@@ -39,6 +39,29 @@ in
     '';
   };
 
+  # Check that specialisations create corresponding boot entries.
+  specialisation = makeTest {
+    name = "systemd-boot-specialisation";
+    meta.maintainers = with pkgs.stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ lukegb ];
+
+    machine = { pkgs, lib, ... }: {
+      imports = [ common ];
+      specialisation.something.configuration = {};
+    };
+
+    testScript = ''
+      machine.start()
+      machine.wait_for_unit("multi-user.target")
+
+      machine.succeed(
+          "test -e /boot/loader/entries/nixos-specialisation-something-generation-1.conf"
+      )
+      machine.succeed(
+          "grep -q 'title NixOS (something)' /boot/loader/entries/nixos-specialisation-something-generation-1.conf"
+      )
+    '';
+  };
+
   # Boot without having created an EFI entry--instead using default "/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI"
   fallback = makeTest {
     name = "systemd-boot-fallback";