diff --git a/classes/dm-verity-img.bbclass b/classes/dm-verity-img.bbclass
index 7f35df5..2f212d6 100644
--- a/classes/dm-verity-img.bbclass
+++ b/classes/dm-verity-img.bbclass
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@
 # is stored where it can be installed into associated initramfs rootfs.
 STAGING_VERITY_DIR ?= "${TMPDIR}/work-shared/${MACHINE}/dm-verity"
 
+# location of images, default current image recipe. Set to DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE
+# if non-verity images want to embed the .wks and verity image.
+DM_VERITY_DEPLOY_DIR ?= "${IMGDEPLOYDIR}"
+
 # Define the data block size to use in veritysetup.
 DM_VERITY_IMAGE_DATA_BLOCK_SIZE ?= "1024"
 
@@ -107,10 +111,10 @@ process_verity() {
     # Create wks.in fragment with build specific UUIDs for partitions.
     # Unfortunately the wks.in does not support line continuations...
     # First, the unappended filesystem data partition.
-    echo 'part / --source rawcopy --ondisk sda --sourceparams="file=${IMGDEPLOYDIR}/${DM_VERITY_IMAGE}-${MACHINE}.${DM_VERITY_IMAGE_TYPE}.verity" --part-name verityroot --part-type="${DM_VERITY_ROOT_GUID}"'" --uuid=\"$ROOT_UUID\"" > $WKS_INC
+    echo 'part / --source rawcopy --ondisk sda --sourceparams="file=${DM_VERITY_DEPLOY_DIR}/${DM_VERITY_IMAGE}-${MACHINE}.rootfs.${DM_VERITY_IMAGE_TYPE}.verity" --part-name verityroot --part-type="${DM_VERITY_ROOT_GUID}"'" --uuid=\"$ROOT_UUID\"" > $WKS_INC
 
     # note: no default mount point for hash data partition
-    echo 'part --source rawcopy --ondisk sda --sourceparams="file=${IMGDEPLOYDIR}/${DM_VERITY_IMAGE}-${MACHINE}.${DM_VERITY_IMAGE_TYPE}.vhash" --part-name verityhash --part-type="${DM_VERITY_RHASH_GUID}"'" --uuid=\"$RHASH_UUID\"" >> $WKS_INC
+    echo 'part --source rawcopy --ondisk sda --sourceparams="file=${DM_VERITY_DEPLOY_DIR}/${DM_VERITY_IMAGE}-${MACHINE}.${DM_VERITY_IMAGE_TYPE}.vhash" --part-name verityhash --part-type="${DM_VERITY_RHASH_GUID}"'" --uuid=\"$RHASH_UUID\"" >> $WKS_INC
 }
 
 verity_setup() {