diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/generic-extlinux-compatible/extlinux-conf-builder.sh b/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/generic-extlinux-compatible/extlinux-conf-builder.sh
index 642bdf4673bd..7da9c488f690 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/generic-extlinux-compatible/extlinux-conf-builder.sh
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/generic-extlinux-compatible/extlinux-conf-builder.sh
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ cat > $tmpFile <<EOF
 # Change this to e.g. nixos-42 to temporarily boot to an older configuration.
 DEFAULT nixos-default
 
+MENU TITLE ------------------------------------------------------------
 TIMEOUT $timeout
 EOF