diff --git a/modules/boards/bananapi/bpir4/default.nix b/modules/boards/bananapi/bpir4/default.nix
index a322d56..4b86a63 100644
--- a/modules/boards/bananapi/bpir4/default.nix
+++ b/modules/boards/bananapi/bpir4/default.nix
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@
     boot.initrd.includeDefaultModules = false;
     boot.initrd.kernelModules = ["mii"];
     boot.initrd.availableKernelModules = ["nvme"];
+    # Disable TPM hard dependency in systemd based stage 1
+    boot.initrd.systemd.tpm2.enable = false;
 
     hardware.deviceTree.filter = "mt7988a-bananapi-bpi-r4.dtb";
     hardware.deviceTree.overlays = [