diff --git a/src/kernel-install/90-loaderentry.install b/src/kernel-install/90-loaderentry.install.in
similarity index 98%
rename from src/kernel-install/90-loaderentry.install
rename to src/kernel-install/90-loaderentry.install.in
index 41a05534b9..4e936d95f4 100755
--- a/src/kernel-install/90-loaderentry.install
+++ b/src/kernel-install/90-loaderentry.install.in
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ mkdir -p "${LOADER_ENTRY%/*}" || {
 
 [ "$KERNEL_INSTALL_VERBOSE" -gt 0 ] && echo "Creating $LOADER_ENTRY"
 {
+    echo "# Boot Loader Specification type#1 entry"
+    echo "# File created by $0 (systemd {{GIT_VERSION}})"
     echo "title      $PRETTY_NAME"
     echo "version    $KERNEL_VERSION"
     if [ "$ENTRY_TOKEN" = "$MACHINE_ID" ]; then
diff --git a/src/kernel-install/meson.build b/src/kernel-install/meson.build
index 90a0e3ae49..e5cfdb824c 100644
--- a/src/kernel-install/meson.build
+++ b/src/kernel-install/meson.build
@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
 
 kernel_install_in = files('kernel-install.in')
-loaderentry_install = files('90-loaderentry.install')
+loaderentry_install_in = files('90-loaderentry.install.in')
+
+loaderentry_install = custom_target(
+        '90-loaderentry.install',
+        input : loaderentry_install_in,
+        output : '90-loaderentry.install',
+        command : [jinja2_cmdline, '@INPUT@', '@OUTPUT@'],
+        install : want_kernel_install,
+        install_mode : 'rwxr-xr-x',
+        install_dir : kernelinstalldir)
 
 if want_kernel_install
         install_data('50-depmod.install',
-                     loaderentry_install,
                      install_mode : 'rwxr-xr-x',
                      install_dir : kernelinstalldir)