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-rw-r--r--gnu/build/activation.scm4
-rw-r--r--gnu/system.scm2
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/build/activation.scm b/gnu/build/activation.scm
index 30f5e87d5a..b915e6bb67 100644
--- a/gnu/build/activation.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/activation.scm
@@ -320,7 +320,9 @@ improvement."
 
 (define (boot-time-system)
   "Return the '--system' argument passed on the kernel command line."
-  (find-long-option "--system" (linux-command-line)))
+  (find-long-option "--system" (if (string-contains %host-type "linux-gnu")
+                                   linux-command-line
+                                   (command-line))))
 
 (define* (activate-current-system
           #:optional (system (or (getenv "GUIX_NEW_SYSTEM")
diff --git a/gnu/system.scm b/gnu/system.scm
index a37c5ba4f3..4c23178b18 100644
--- a/gnu/system.scm
+++ b/gnu/system.scm
@@ -601,6 +601,8 @@ bookkeeping."
 
 (define (hurd-default-essential-services os)
   (list (service system-service-type '())
+        %boot-service
+        %activation-service
         (service profile-service-type '())))
 
 (define* (operating-system-services os)