diff --git a/tools/packaging/static-build/qemu.blacklist b/tools/packaging/static-build/qemu.blacklist
index 31f6ab23ce..c5362686e5 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/static-build/qemu.blacklist
+++ b/tools/packaging/static-build/qemu.blacklist
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ qemu_black_list=(
 */share/*/qemu_vga.ndrv
 */share/*/sgabios.bin
 */share/*/skiboot.lid
-*/share/*/slof.bin
 */share/*/trace-events-all
 */share/*/u-boot*
 */share/*/vgabios*
diff --git a/tools/packaging/static-build/qemu/Dockerfile b/tools/packaging/static-build/qemu/Dockerfile
index f5e812c915..5ed2d1ad9b 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/static-build/qemu/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/packaging/static-build/qemu/Dockerfile
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y && \
 	    rsync \
 	    zlib1g-dev${DPKG_ARCH} && \
     if [ "${ARCH}" != s390x ]; then apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libpmem-dev${DPKG_ARCH}; fi && \
+	if [ "${ARCH}" == ppc64le ]; then apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends librados-dev librbd-dev; fi && \
     GCC_ARCH="${ARCH}" && if [ "${ARCH}" = "ppc64le" ]; then GCC_ARCH="powerpc64le"; fi && \
     if [ "${ARCH}" != "$(uname -m)" ]; then apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y gcc-"${GCC_ARCH}"-linux-gnu; fi && \
     apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/
diff --git a/tools/packaging/static-build/shim-v2/build.sh b/tools/packaging/static-build/shim-v2/build.sh
index aeb48f2da8..b702c2e157 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/static-build/shim-v2/build.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/static-build/shim-v2/build.sh
@@ -74,7 +74,12 @@ sudo docker run --rm -i -v "${repo_root_dir}:${repo_root_dir}" \
 for vmm in ${VMM_CONFIGS}; do
 	config_file="${DESTDIR}/${PREFIX}/share/defaults/kata-containers/configuration-${vmm}.toml"
 	if [ -f ${config_file} ]; then
-		sudo sed -i -e '/^initrd =/d' ${config_file}
+		if [ ${ARCH} == "ppc64le" ]; then
+ 			sudo sed -i -e '/^image =/d' ${config_file}
+ 			sudo sed -i 's/^# \(initrd =.*\)/\1/g' ${config_file}
+ 		else
+ 			sudo sed -i -e '/^initrd =/d' ${config_file}
+ 		fi
 	fi
 done