diff --git a/nixos/tests/installer.nix b/nixos/tests/installer.nix
index d1fc3c85e99a..a8090dc62eec 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/installer.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/installer.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ let
             <nixpkgs/nixos/modules/testing/test-instrumentation.nix>
           ];
 
+        # To ensure that we can rebuild the grub configuration on the nixos-rebuild
+        system.extraDependencies = with pkgs; [ stdenvNoCC ];
+
         ${optionalString (bootLoader == "grub") ''
           boot.loader.grub.version = ${toString grubVersion};
           ${optionalString (grubVersion == 1) ''