diff --git a/nixos/modules/image/repart-image.nix b/nixos/modules/image/repart-image.nix
index 5669cd8826e4..e8924ec8519d 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/image/repart-image.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/image/repart-image.nix
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ let
     "erofs" = [ erofs-utils ];
     "btrfs" = [ btrfs-progs ];
     "xfs" = [ xfsprogs ];
+    "swap" = [ util-linux ];
   };
 
   fileSystemTools = builtins.concatMap (f: fileSystemToolMapping."${f}") fileSystems;
diff --git a/nixos/tests/appliance-repart-image.nix b/nixos/tests/appliance-repart-image.nix
index 9798ab4e79fa..11447cf8fa03 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/appliance-repart-image.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/appliance-repart-image.nix
@@ -73,6 +73,14 @@ in
               SizeMinBytes = if config.nixpkgs.hostPlatform.isx86_64 then "64M" else "96M";
             };
           };
+          "swap" = {
+            repartConfig = {
+              Type = "swap";
+              Format = "swap";
+              SizeMinBytes = "10M";
+              SizeMaxBytes = "10M";
+            };
+          };
           "root" = {
             storePaths = [ config.system.build.toplevel ];
             repartConfig = {