diff --git a/nixos/lib/make-iso9660-image.sh b/nixos/lib/make-iso9660-image.sh
index b7b1ab52a637..d4633d2c8d16 100644
--- a/nixos/lib/make-iso9660-image.sh
+++ b/nixos/lib/make-iso9660-image.sh
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ xorriso="xorriso
  -publisher nixos
  -graft-points
  -full-iso9660-filenames
+ -joliet
  ${isoBootFlags}
  ${usbBootFlags}
  ${efiBootFlags}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd-base.nix b/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd-base.nix
index 24070a786945..9303e8fde13a 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd-base.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd-base.nix
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ with lib;
   # ISO naming.
   isoImage.isoName = "${config.isoImage.isoBaseName}-${config.system.nixos.label}-${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system}.iso";
 
-  isoImage.volumeID = substring 0 11 "NIXOS_ISO";
-
   # EFI booting
   isoImage.makeEfiBootable = true;
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd-graphical-gnome.nix b/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd-graphical-gnome.nix
index 62cbdbcfd17b..84394a1ecae5 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd-graphical-gnome.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd-graphical-gnome.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ with lib;
 {
   imports = [ ./installation-cd-graphical-base.nix ];
 
+  isoImage.edition = "gnome";
+
   services.xserver.desktopManager.gnome3.enable = true;
 
   # Wayland can be problematic for some hardware like Nvidia graphics cards.
diff --git a/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd-graphical-plasma5.nix b/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd-graphical-plasma5.nix
index e00d3f7535b2..e76e06654aca 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd-graphical-plasma5.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd-graphical-plasma5.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ with lib;
 {
   imports = [ ./installation-cd-graphical-base.nix ];
 
+  isoImage.edition = "plasma5";
+
   services.xserver = {
     desktopManager.plasma5 = {
       enable = true;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd-minimal.nix b/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd-minimal.nix
index bcdbffdc20b7..97506045e0e1 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd-minimal.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd-minimal.nix
@@ -8,5 +8,7 @@
     [ ./installation-cd-base.nix
     ];
 
+  isoImage.edition = "minimal";
+
   fonts.fontconfig.enable = false;
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/iso-image.nix b/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/iso-image.nix
index 4558b4dc9552..5243a8aa747b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/iso-image.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/iso-image.nix
@@ -417,8 +417,17 @@ in
       '';
     };
 
+    isoImage.edition = mkOption {
+      default = "";
+      description = ''
+        Specifies which edition string to use in the volume ID of the generated
+        ISO image.
+      '';
+    };
+
     isoImage.volumeID = mkOption {
-      default = "NIXOS_BOOT_CD";
+      # nixos-$EDITION-$RELEASE-$ARCH
+      default = "nixos${optionalString (config.isoImage.edition != "") "-${config.isoImage.edition}"}-${config.system.nixos.release}-${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.uname.processor}";
       description = ''
         Specifies the label or volume ID of the generated ISO image.
         Note that the label is used by stage 1 of the boot process to
@@ -515,6 +524,19 @@ in
   };
 
   config = {
+    assertions = [
+      {
+        assertion = !(stringLength config.isoImage.volumeID > 32);
+        # https://wiki.osdev.org/ISO_9660#The_Primary_Volume_Descriptor
+        # Volume Identifier can only be 32 bytes
+        message = let
+          length = stringLength config.isoImage.volumeID;
+          howmany = toString length;
+          toomany = toString (length - 32);
+        in
+        "isoImage.volumeID ${config.isoImage.volumeID} is ${howmany} characters. That is ${toomany} characters longer than the limit of 32.";
+      }
+    ];
 
     boot.loader.grub.version = 2;