diff --git a/Meta/build-root-filesystem.sh b/Meta/build-root-filesystem.sh
index 0c36cfce771..c8a6389d729 100755
--- a/Meta/build-root-filesystem.sh
+++ b/Meta/build-root-filesystem.sh
@@ -115,6 +115,10 @@ printf "setting up device nodes folder... "
 mkdir -p mnt/dev
 echo "done"
 
+printf "setting up sysfs folder... "
+mkdir -p mnt/sys
+echo "done"
+
 printf "writing version file... "
 GIT_HASH=$( (git log --pretty=format:'%h' -n 1 | cut -c1-7) || true )
 printf "[Version]\nMajor=1\nMinor=0\nGit=%s\n" "$GIT_HASH" > mnt/res/version.ini
diff --git a/Userland/Services/SystemServer/main.cpp b/Userland/Services/SystemServer/main.cpp
index 948c4a4ceb5..d705d83248f 100644
--- a/Userland/Services/SystemServer/main.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Services/SystemServer/main.cpp
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ static void prepare_devfs()
         VERIFY_NOT_REACHED();
     }
 
+    rc = mount(-1, "/sys", "sys", 0);
+    if (rc != 0) {
+        VERIFY_NOT_REACHED();
+    }
+
     rc = mkdir("/dev/pts", 0755);
     if (rc != 0) {
         VERIFY_NOT_REACHED();