diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 4868813876..a2f881fbe5 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -3275,8 +3275,9 @@ Systems}).  This is typically done using the @code{-L} option of
 @command{mkfs.ext4} and related commands.
 
 The installation image includes Parted (@pxref{Overview,,, parted, GNU
-Parted User Manual}), @command{fdisk}, and e2fsprogs, the suite of tools
-to manipulate ext2/ext3/ext4 file systems.
+Parted User Manual}), @command{fdisk}, Cryptsetup/LUKS for disk
+encryption, and e2fsprogs, the suite of tools to manipulate
+ext2/ext3/ext4 file systems.
 
 @item
 Once that is done, mount the target root partition under @file{/mnt}.
diff --git a/gnu/system/install.scm b/gnu/system/install.scm
index 961361b937..dd3a3eb292 100644
--- a/gnu/system/install.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/install.scm
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ (define-module (gnu system install)
   #:use-module (guix monads)
   #:use-module ((guix store) #:select (%store-prefix))
   #:use-module (gnu packages linux)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages cryptsetup)
   #:use-module (gnu packages package-management)
   #:use-module (gnu packages disk)
   #:use-module (gnu packages grub)
@@ -254,6 +255,7 @@ (define installation-os
     (packages (cons* texinfo-4                 ;for the standalone Info reader
                      parted ddrescue
                      grub                  ;mostly so xrefs to its manual work
+                     cryptsetup
                      wireless-tools
                      ;; XXX: We used to have GNU fdisk here, but as of version
                      ;; 2.0.0a, that pulls Guile 1.8, which takes unreasonable