diff --git a/modules/platforms/lxc.nix b/modules/platforms/lxc.nix
index 77fe82c..412e3e2 100644
--- a/modules/platforms/lxc.nix
+++ b/modules/platforms/lxc.nix
@@ -5,4 +5,10 @@
 
   boot.loader.grub.enable = false;
   boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = false;
+
+  # LXC containers share the host kernel — Proxmox starts them by exec'ing
+  # /sbin/init directly, no bootloader/initrd involved. Without this, that
+  # file doesn't correctly launch the current generation, so even a
+  # correctly-installed system can fail to come up after reboot.
+  boot.loader.initScript.enable = true;
 }