diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/default.nix
index dad27cc927e..066c75b9bf3 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/default.nix
@@ -51,15 +51,15 @@ lib.makeScope
 
     ln-boot = callPackage ./ln-boot { };
 
-    mes = callPackage ./mes { };
+    mes = lib.recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ./mes { });
     mes-libc = callPackage ./mes/libc.nix { };
 
     stage0-posix = callPackage ./stage0-posix { };
 
     inherit (self.stage0-posix) kaem m2libc mescc-tools mescc-tools-extra;
 
-    tinycc-bootstrappable = callPackage ./tinycc/bootstrappable.nix { };
-    tinycc-mes = callPackage ./tinycc/mes.nix { };
+    tinycc-bootstrappable = lib.recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ./tinycc/bootstrappable.nix { });
+    tinycc-mes = lib.recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ./tinycc/mes.nix { });
 
     inherit (callPackage ./utils.nix { }) fetchurl derivationWithMeta writeTextFile writeText;