diff --git a/src/runtime/Makefile b/src/runtime/Makefile
index b05106318b..7d97a679aa 100644
--- a/src/runtime/Makefile
+++ b/src/runtime/Makefile
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ BINLIBEXECLIST :=
 BIN_PREFIX = $(PROJECT_TYPE)
 PROJECT_DIR = $(PROJECT_TAG)
 IMAGENAME = $(PROJECT_TAG).img
+INITRDNAME = $(PROJECT_TAG)-initrd.img
 
 TARGET = $(BIN_PREFIX)-runtime
 RUNTIME_OUTPUT = $(CURDIR)/$(TARGET)
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ PKGLIBEXECDIR := $(LIBEXECDIR)/$(PROJECT_DIR)
 KERNELDIR := $(PKGDATADIR)
 
 IMAGEPATH := $(PKGDATADIR)/$(IMAGENAME)
+INITRDPATH := $(PKGDATADIR)/$(INITRDNAME)
 FIRMWAREPATH :=
 FIRMWAREVOLUMEPATH :=
 
@@ -401,6 +403,8 @@ USER_VARS += FCVALIDJAILERPATHS
 USER_VARS += SYSCONFIG
 USER_VARS += IMAGENAME
 USER_VARS += IMAGEPATH
+USER_VARS += INITRDNAME
+USER_VARS += INITRDPATH
 USER_VARS += MACHINETYPE
 USER_VARS += KERNELDIR
 USER_VARS += KERNELTYPE
diff --git a/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu.toml.in b/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu.toml.in
index d0a711dcfe..73c30cc1f7 100644
--- a/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu.toml.in
+++ b/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu.toml.in
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 path = "@QEMUPATH@"
 kernel = "@KERNELPATH@"
 image = "@IMAGEPATH@"
+# initrd = "@INITRDPATH@"
 machine_type = "@MACHINETYPE@"
 
 # Enable confidential guest support.