diff --git a/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/source/bootimg-efi.py b/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/source/bootimg-efi.py
index d6aeab2aad..09e9d6417c 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/source/bootimg-efi.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/source/bootimg-efi.py
@@ -363,9 +363,10 @@ class BootimgEFIPlugin(SourcePlugin):
                 objcopy_cmd += " %s %s/EFI/Linux/linux.efi" % (efi_stub, hdddir)
                 exec_native_cmd(objcopy_cmd, native_sysroot)
         else:
-            install_cmd = "install -m 0644 %s/%s %s/%s" % \
-                (staging_kernel_dir, kernel, hdddir, kernel)
-            exec_cmd(install_cmd)
+            if source_params.get('install-kernel-into-boot-dir') != 'false':
+                install_cmd = "install -m 0644 %s/%s %s/%s" % \
+                    (staging_kernel_dir, kernel, hdddir, kernel)
+                exec_cmd(install_cmd)
 
         if get_bitbake_var("IMAGE_EFI_BOOT_FILES"):
             for src_path, dst_path in cls.install_task: