diff --git a/build-images.sh b/build-images.sh
index a89999e..e2b2cf8 100755
--- a/build-images.sh
+++ b/build-images.sh
@@ -1,22 +1,33 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#!nix-shell -p nix -p coreutils -p bash -p gh -i bash
+#!nix-shell -p nixos-generators -p nix -p coreutils -p bash -p gh -i bash
 # shellcheck shell=bash
 set -xeuo pipefail
 
 build_netboot_image() {
   declare -r tag=$1 arch=$2 tmp=$3
   img=$(nix-build --no-out-link -I "nixpkgs=https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/${tag}.tar.gz" '<nixpkgs/nixos/release.nix>' -A "netboot.$arch")
-  cp "$(readlink "$img/bzImage")" "$tmp/bzImage-$arch"
+  cp "$img/bzImage" "$tmp/bzImage-$arch"
   echo "$tmp/bzImage-$arch"
-  cp "$(readlink "$img/initrd")" "$tmp/initrd-$arch"
+  cp "$img/initrd" "$tmp/initrd-$arch"
   echo "$tmp/initrd-$arch"
 }
 
+build_kexec_bundle() {
+  declare -r tag=$1 arch=$2 tmp=$3
+  # the default configuration conflicts with the kexec bundle configuration
+  echo "{}" > "$tmp/config.nix"
+  nixos-generate -o "$tmp/kexec-bundle-$arch" -c "$tmp/config.nix" -f kexec-bundle -I "nixpkgs=https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/${tag}.tar.gz"
+  echo "$tmp/kexec-bundle-$arch"
+}
+
 main() {
   declare -r tag=${1:-nixos-unstable} arch=${2:-x86_64-linux}
   tmp="$(mktemp -d)"
   trap 'rm -rf -- "$tmp"' EXIT
-  readarray -t assets < <(build_netboot_image "$tag" "$arch" "$tmp")
+  readarray -t assets < <(
+    build_kexec_bundle "$tag" "$arch" "$tmp"
+    build_netboot_image "$tag" "$arch" "$tmp"
+  )
 
   for asset in "${assets[@]}"; do
     pushd "$(dirname "$asset")"