diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/limine/limine-install.py b/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/limine/limine-install.py
index 0ddbd8a9f29b..9add26b636c6 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/limine/limine-install.py
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/limine/limine-install.py
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ def install_bootloader() -> None:
     paths[config_file_path] = True
 
     for dest_path, source_path in config("additionalFiles").items():
-        dest_path = os.path.join(limine_install_dir, dest_path)
+        dest_path = os.path.join(str(config("efiMountPoint")), dest_path)
 
         copy_file(source_path, dest_path)
 
diff --git a/nixos/tests/limine/additional-files.nix b/nixos/tests/limine/additional-files.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9e7e00184185
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/limine/additional-files.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+{ pkgs, lib, ... }:
+{
+  name = "additionalFiles";
+  meta.maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+    flokli
+  ];
+  meta.platforms = [
+    "x86_64-linux"
+  ];
+  nodes.machine =
+    { ... }:
+    {
+      virtualisation.useBootLoader = true;
+      virtualisation.useEFIBoot = true;
+      boot.loader.limine.enable = true;
+      boot.loader.limine.efiSupport = true;
+      boot.loader.timeout = 0;
+
+      specialisation.withAdditionalFiles.configuration = { ... }: {
+        boot.loader.limine.additionalFiles = {
+          "efi/memtest86/memtest86.efi" = "${pkgs.memtest86-efi}/BOOTX64.efi";
+        };
+      };
+      specialisation.withAdditionalFilesOther.configuration = { ... }: {
+        boot.loader.limine.additionalFiles = {
+          "efi/memtest86/memtest86.efi" = "${builtins.toFile "some-file" "some-content"}";
+        };
+      };
+    };
+
+  testScript =
+    { nodes, ... }:
+    let
+      withAdditionalFiles =
+        nodes.machine.specialisation.withAdditionalFiles.configuration.system.build.toplevel;
+      withAdditionalFilesOther =
+        nodes.machine.specialisation.withAdditionalFilesOther.configuration.system.build.toplevel;
+    in
+    ''
+      machine.start()
+      machine.wait_for_unit("multi-user.target")
+
+      # switch to a generation with additional files and ensure they're present
+      machine.succeed("${withAdditionalFiles}/bin/switch-to-configuration switch")
+      machine.succeed("stat /boot/efi/memtest86/memtest86.efi")
+
+      # switch to the next generation with something else in there and ensure it got updated
+      machine.succeed("${withAdditionalFilesOther}/bin/switch-to-configuration switch")
+      assert machine.succeed("cat /boot/efi/memtest86/memtest86.efi").strip() == "some-content"
+    '';
+}
diff --git a/nixos/tests/limine/default.nix b/nixos/tests/limine/default.nix
index fd7a583f09c6..debce99b0fd8 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/limine/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/limine/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   ...
 }:
 {
+  additionalFiles = runTest ./additional-files.nix;
   bios = runTest ./bios.nix;
   checksum = runTest ./checksum.nix;
   secureBoot = runTest ./secure-boot.nix;