diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/qemuboot.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/qemuboot.bbclass
index 56106b1958..47ce16935f 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/qemuboot.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/qemuboot.bbclass
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ 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_image before do_build
 
 def qemuboot_vars(d):
     build_vars = ['MACHINE', 'TUNE_ARCH', 'DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE',