diff --git a/nixos/tests/kexec.nix b/nixos/tests/kexec.nix
index 7be04c74056..7e5cc010ef9 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/kexec.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/kexec.nix
@@ -3,13 +3,17 @@
 import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, lib, ... }: {
   name = "kexec";
   meta = with lib.maintainers; {
-    maintainers = [ eelco ];
+    maintainers = [ flokli lassulus ];
   };
 
   nodes = {
     node1 = { ... }: {
       virtualisation.vlans = [ ];
-      virtualisation.memorySize = 2 * 1024;
+      virtualisation.memorySize = 4 * 1024;
+      virtualisation.useBootLoader = true;
+      virtualisation.useEFIBoot = true;
+      boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;
+      boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
     };
 
     node2 = { modulesPath, ... }: {
@@ -28,16 +32,14 @@ import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, lib, ... }: {
     node1.connect()
     node1.wait_for_unit("multi-user.target")
 
-
     # Check the machine with kexec-boot.nix profile boots up
     node2.wait_for_unit("multi-user.target")
     node2.shutdown()
 
     # Kexec node1 to the toplevel of node2 via the kexec-boot script
+    node1.succeed('touch /run/foo')
     node1.execute('${nodes.node2.config.system.build.kexecBoot}/kexec-boot', check_return=False)
-    node1.connected = False
-    node1.connect()
-    node1.wait_for_unit("multi-user.target")
+    node1.succeed('! test -e /run/foo')
 
     node1.shutdown()
   '';