diff --git a/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/beaglebone-yocto.conf b/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/beaglebone-yocto.conf
index db9cfec497a..d4b72361650 100644
--- a/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/beaglebone-yocto.conf
+++ b/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/beaglebone-yocto.conf
@@ -46,7 +46,10 @@ QB_SYSTEM_NAME = "qemu-system-arm"
 QB_MACHINE = "-machine virt"
 QB_CPU = "-cpu cortex-a15"
 QB_KERNEL_CMDLINE_APPEND = "console=ttyAMA0 systemd.mask=systemd-networkd"
-QB_OPT_APPEND = "-device virtio-rng-device"
+QB_OPT_APPEND = "\
+    -device virtio-rng-device \
+    ${@' -initrd %s/%s.%s' % (d.getVar('DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE'), d.getVar('INITRAMFS_IMAGE_NAME'), d.getVar('INITRAMFS_FSTYPES')) if d.getVar('INITRAMFS_IMAGE') else ''} \
+"
 QB_TAP_OPT = "-netdev tap,id=net0,ifname=@TAP@,script=no,downscript=no"
 QB_NETWORK_DEVICE = "-device virtio-net-device,netdev=net0,mac=@MAC@"
 QB_ROOTFS_OPT = "-drive id=disk0,file=@ROOTFS@,if=none,format=raw -device virtio-blk-device,drive=disk0"