diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1-init.sh b/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1-init.sh
index 8736613c3d2..607aec87f01 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1-init.sh
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1-init.sh
@@ -210,6 +210,8 @@ done
 # Create device nodes in /dev.
 @preDeviceCommands@
 echo "running udev..."
+mkdir -p /etc/systemd
+ln -sfn @linkUnits@ /etc/systemd/network
 mkdir -p /etc/udev
 ln -sfn @udevRules@ /etc/udev/rules.d
 mkdir -p /dev/.mdadm
@@ -266,7 +268,7 @@ checkFS() {
         return 0
     fi
 
-    # Device might be already mounted manually 
+    # Device might be already mounted manually
     # e.g. NBD-device or the host filesystem of the file which contains encrypted root fs
     if mount | grep -q "^$device on "; then
         echo "skip checking already mounted $device"
@@ -351,7 +353,7 @@ mountFS() {
             elif [ "$fsType" = f2fs ]; then
                 echo "resizing $device..."
                 fsck.f2fs -fp "$device"
-                resize.f2fs "$device" 
+                resize.f2fs "$device"
             fi
             ;;
     esac
diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1.nix b/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1.nix
index 4c2d130d5a5..26117cffeda 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1.nix
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ let
 
       # Copy udev.
       copy_bin_and_libs ${udev}/lib/systemd/systemd-udevd
+      copy_bin_and_libs ${udev}/lib/systemd/systemd-sysctl
       copy_bin_and_libs ${udev}/bin/udevadm
       for BIN in ${udev}/lib/udev/*_id; do
         copy_bin_and_libs $BIN
@@ -198,6 +199,14 @@ let
     ''; # */
 
 
+  linkUnits = pkgs.runCommand "link-units" {
+      allowedReferences = [ extraUtils ];
+      preferLocalBuild = true;
+    } ''
+      mkdir -p $out
+      cp -v ${udev}/lib/systemd/network/*.link $out/
+    '';
+
   udevRules = pkgs.runCommand "udev-rules" {
       allowedReferences = [ extraUtils ];
       preferLocalBuild = true;
@@ -208,7 +217,9 @@ let
 
       cp -v ${udev}/lib/udev/rules.d/60-cdrom_id.rules $out/
       cp -v ${udev}/lib/udev/rules.d/60-persistent-storage.rules $out/
+      cp -v ${udev}/lib/udev/rules.d/75-net-description.rules $out/
       cp -v ${udev}/lib/udev/rules.d/80-drivers.rules $out/
+      cp -v ${udev}/lib/udev/rules.d/80-net-setup-link.rules $out/
       cp -v ${pkgs.lvm2}/lib/udev/rules.d/*.rules $out/
       ${config.boot.initrd.extraUdevRulesCommands}
 
@@ -222,7 +233,7 @@ let
             --replace ${pkgs.lvm2}/sbin ${extraUtils}/bin \
             --replace ${pkgs.mdadm}/sbin ${extraUtils}/sbin \
             --replace ${pkgs.bash}/bin/sh ${extraUtils}/bin/sh \
-            --replace ${udev}/bin/udevadm ${extraUtils}/bin/udevadm
+            --replace ${udev} ${extraUtils}
       done
 
       # Work around a bug in QEMU, which doesn't implement the "READ
@@ -257,7 +268,7 @@ let
       ${pkgs.buildPackages.busybox}/bin/ash -n $target
     '';
 
-    inherit udevRules extraUtils modulesClosure;
+    inherit linkUnits udevRules extraUtils modulesClosure;
 
     inherit (config.boot) resumeDevice;
 
diff --git a/nixos/tests/predictable-interface-names.nix b/nixos/tests/predictable-interface-names.nix
index 83883477a5c..bab091d57ac 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/predictable-interface-names.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/predictable-interface-names.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ in pkgs.lib.listToAttrs (pkgs.lib.crossLists (predictable: withNetworkd: {
       networking.useNetworkd = withNetworkd;
       networking.dhcpcd.enable = !withNetworkd;
       networking.useDHCP = !withNetworkd;
+
+      # Check if predictable interface names are working in stage-1
+      boot.initrd.postDeviceCommands = ''
+        ip link
+        ip link show eth0 ${if predictable then "&&" else "||"} exit 1
+      '';
     };
 
     testScript = ''