diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/qemuboot.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/qemuboot.bbclass
index 895fd38d68..163c4085ee 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/qemuboot.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/qemuboot.bbclass
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ QB_DRIVE_TYPE ?= "/dev/sd"
 inherit image-artifact-names
 
 # Create qemuboot.conf
-addtask do_write_qemuboot_conf after do_rootfs before do_image
+addtask do_write_qemuboot_conf after do_rootfs before do_image_complete
 
 def qemuboot_vars(d):
     build_vars = ['MACHINE', 'TUNE_ARCH', 'DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE',
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ def qemuboot_vars(d):
                 'STAGING_DIR_HOST', 'SERIAL_CONSOLES', 'UNINATIVE_LOADER']
     return build_vars + [k for k in d.keys() if k.startswith('QB_')]
 
+do_write_qemuboot_conf[depends] += "virtual/kernel:do_deploy"
 do_write_qemuboot_conf[vardeps] += "${@' '.join(qemuboot_vars(d))}"
 do_write_qemuboot_conf[vardepsexclude] += "TOPDIR"
 python do_write_qemuboot_conf() {