diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/console.nix b/nixos/modules/config/console.nix
index 97e6405db91..94c1c0514f9 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/config/console.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/console.nix
@@ -159,7 +159,11 @@ in
           "${config.boot.initrd.systemd.package}/lib/systemd/systemd-vconsole-setup"
           "${config.boot.initrd.systemd.package.kbd}/bin/setfont"
           "${config.boot.initrd.systemd.package.kbd}/bin/loadkeys"
-          "${config.boot.initrd.systemd.package.kbd.gzip}/bin/gzip" # keyboard layouts are compressed
+          "${config.boot.initrd.systemd.package.kbd.gzip}/bin/gzip" # Fonts and keyboard layouts are compressed
+        ] ++ optionals (hasPrefix builtins.storeDir cfg.font) [
+          "${cfg.font}"
+        ] ++ optionals (hasPrefix builtins.storeDir cfg.keyMap) [
+          "${cfg.keyMap}"
         ];
 
         systemd.services.reload-systemd-vconsole-setup =