diff --git a/guix/scripts/system.scm b/guix/scripts/system.scm
index b1a754f92d..3ba420d8e7 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/system.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/system.scm
@@ -363,6 +363,24 @@ it atomically, and then run OS's activation script."
     (date->string (time-utc->date time)
                   "~Y-~m-~d ~H:~M")))
 
+(define* (profile-boot-parameters #:optional (profile %system-profile)
+                                  (numbers (generation-numbers profile)))
+  "Return a list of 'menu-entry' for the generations of PROFILE specified by
+NUMBERS, which is a list of generation numbers."
+  (define (system->boot-parameters system number time)
+    (unless-file-not-found
+     (let* ((file             (string-append system "/parameters"))
+            (params           (call-with-input-file file
+                                read-boot-parameters)))
+       params)))
+  (let* ((systems (map (cut generation-file-name profile <>)
+                       numbers))
+         (times   (map (lambda (system)
+                         (unless-file-not-found
+                          (stat:mtime (lstat system))))
+                       systems)))
+    (filter-map system->boot-parameters systems numbers times)))
+
 (define* (profile-grub-entries #:optional (profile %system-profile)
                                   (numbers (generation-numbers profile)))
   "Return a list of 'menu-entry' for the generations of PROFILE specified by
@@ -438,9 +456,9 @@ open connection to the store."
          ;; from the actual past values for this generation's entry.
          (grub-config (grub-configuration (device root-device)))
          ;; Make the specified system generation the default entry.
-         (entries (profile-grub-entries %system-profile (list number)))
+         (entries (profile-boot-parameters %system-profile (list number)))
          (old-generations (delv number (generation-numbers %system-profile)))
-         (old-entries (profile-grub-entries %system-profile old-generations))
+         (old-entries (profile-boot-parameters %system-profile old-generations))
          (grub.cfg (run-with-store store
                      (grub-configuration-file grub-config
                                               entries
@@ -625,7 +643,7 @@ output when building a system derivation, such as a disk image."
                       (operating-system-bootcfg os
                                                 (if (eq? 'init action)
                                                     '()
-                                                    (profile-grub-entries)))))
+                                                    (profile-boot-parameters)))))
 
        ;; For 'init' and 'reconfigure', always build GRUB.CFG, even if
        ;; --no-grub is passed, because GRUB.CFG because we then use it as a GC