diff --git a/user-data.sh.tftpl b/user-data.sh.tftpl
index 7f6a7dc..25346d5 100644
--- a/user-data.sh.tftpl
+++ b/user-data.sh.tftpl
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ write_final_config() {
               cat > "$runner" <<RUNNER_EOF
               #!$${pkgs.runtimeShell}
               set -eu
+              export PATH="$${lib.makeBinPath [ pkgs.coreutils pkgs.git pkgs.systemd ]}"
 
               $${config.system.build.nixos-rebuild}/bin/nixos-rebuild switch --flake /etc/nixos
               printf '%s\n' "$new_hash" > "$applied_hash_file"