diff --git a/lib/src/bootloader.rs b/lib/src/bootloader.rs
index ed24dbd3f..810a2eb02 100644
--- a/lib/src/bootloader.rs
+++ b/lib/src/bootloader.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use anyhow::Result;
 use camino::Utf8Path;
 use fn_error_context::context;
 
+use crate::blockdev::Device;
 use crate::task::Task;
 
 /// The name of the mountpoint for efi (as a subdirectory of /boot, or at the toplevel)
@@ -9,18 +10,19 @@ pub(crate) const EFI_DIR: &str = "efi";
 
 #[context("Installing bootloader")]
 pub(crate) fn install_via_bootupd(
-    device: &Utf8Path,
+    device: &Device,
     rootfs: &Utf8Path,
     configopts: &crate::install::InstallConfigOpts,
 ) -> Result<()> {
     let verbose = std::env::var_os("BOOTC_BOOTLOADER_DEBUG").map(|_| "-vvvv");
     // bootc defaults to only targeting the platform boot method.
     let bootupd_opts = (!configopts.generic_image).then_some(["--update-firmware", "--auto"]);
+    let devpath = device.path();
     let args = ["backend", "install", "--write-uuid"]
         .into_iter()
         .chain(verbose)
         .chain(bootupd_opts.iter().copied().flatten())
-        .chain(["--device", device.as_str(), rootfs.as_str()]);
+        .chain(["--device", devpath.as_str(), rootfs.as_str()]);
     Task::new("Running bootupctl to install bootloader", "bootupctl")
         .args(args)
         .verbose()
diff --git a/lib/src/install.rs b/lib/src/install.rs
index b9d6a653e..424daec75 100644
--- a/lib/src/install.rs
+++ b/lib/src/install.rs
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ fn require_skopeo_with_containers_storage() -> Result<()> {
 
 pub(crate) struct RootSetup {
     luks_device: Option<String>,
-    device: Utf8PathBuf,
+    device_info: crate::blockdev::Device,
     rootfs: Utf8PathBuf,
     rootfs_fd: Dir,
     rootfs_uuid: Option<String>,
@@ -1229,7 +1229,11 @@ async fn install_to_filesystem_impl(state: &State, rootfs: &mut RootSetup) -> Re
             .context("Writing aleph version")?;
     }
 
-    crate::bootloader::install_via_bootupd(&rootfs.device, &rootfs.rootfs, &state.config_opts)?;
+    crate::bootloader::install_via_bootupd(
+        &rootfs.device_info,
+        &rootfs.rootfs,
+        &state.config_opts,
+    )?;
     tracing::debug!("Installed bootloader");
 
     // Finalize mounted filesystems
@@ -1583,6 +1587,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn install_to_filesystem(
         dev
     };
     tracing::debug!("Backing device: {backing_device}");
+    let device_info = crate::blockdev::list_dev(Utf8Path::new(&backing_device))?;
 
     let rootarg = format!("root={}", root_info.mount_spec);
     let mut boot = if let Some(spec) = fsopts.boot_mount_spec {
@@ -1611,7 +1616,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn install_to_filesystem(
         matches!(fsopts.replace, Some(ReplaceMode::Alongside)) || fsopts.skip_finalize;
     let mut rootfs = RootSetup {
         luks_device: None,
-        device: backing_device.into(),
+        device_info,
         rootfs: fsopts.root_path,
         rootfs_fd,
         rootfs_uuid: inspect.uuid.clone(),
diff --git a/lib/src/install/baseline.rs b/lib/src/install/baseline.rs
index 0a9b85a5d..31abbe6ab 100644
--- a/lib/src/install/baseline.rs
+++ b/lib/src/install/baseline.rs
@@ -439,9 +439,10 @@ pub(crate) fn install_create_rootfs(
         BlockSetup::Direct => None,
         BlockSetup::Tpm2Luks => Some(luks_name.to_string()),
     };
+    let device_info = crate::blockdev::list_dev(&devpath)?;
     Ok(RootSetup {
         luks_device,
-        device: devpath,
+        device_info,
         rootfs,
         rootfs_fd,
         rootfs_uuid: Some(root_uuid.to_string()),