diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/Makefile b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/Makefile
index 058ca4bedc..22504d1214 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/Makefile
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/Makefile
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ BASE_TARBALLS = serial-targets \
 	ovmf-sev-tarball \
 	ovmf-tdx-tarball \
 	ovmf-tarball \
+	qemu-no-shared-fs-tarball \
 	qemu-snp-experimental-tarball \
 	qemu-tdx-experimental-tarball \
 	qemu-tarball \
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ BASE_TARBALLS = serial-targets \
 	kernel-tarball \
 	nydus-tarball \
 	ovmf-tarball \
+	qemu-no-shared-fs-tarball \
 	qemu-tarball \
 	shim-v2-go-tarball \
 	shim-v2-rust-tarball \
@@ -109,6 +111,7 @@ NVGPU_BASE_TARBALLS = \
 	ovmf-tdx-tarball \
 	ovmf-tarball \
 	pause-image-tarball \
+	qemu-no-shared-fs-tarball \
 	qemu-snp-experimental-tarball \
 	qemu-tdx-experimental-tarball \
 	qemu-tarball \
@@ -123,6 +126,7 @@ NVGPU_BASE_TARBALLS = \
 	kernel-nvidia-gpu-tarball \
 	ovmf-tarball \
 	pause-image-tarball \
+	qemu-no-shared-fs-tarball \
 	qemu-tarball \
 	virtiofsd-tarball \
 	serial-targets
@@ -138,6 +142,7 @@ NVGPU_FINAL_TARBALL_INPUTS = \
 	kata-static-ovmf-tdx.tar.zst \
 	kata-static-ovmf.tar.zst \
 	kata-static-pause-image.tar.zst \
+	kata-static-qemu-no-shared-fs.tar.zst \
 	kata-static-qemu-snp-experimental.tar.zst \
 	kata-static-qemu-tdx-experimental.tar.zst \
 	kata-static-qemu.tar.zst \
@@ -296,6 +301,9 @@ ovmf-tdx-tarball:
 ovmf-tarball:
 	${MAKE} $@-build
 
+qemu-no-shared-fs-tarball:
+	${MAKE} $@-build
+
 qemu-snp-experimental-tarball:
 	${MAKE} $@-build
 
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-binaries.sh b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-binaries.sh
index 1acd60c8bd..667f31eceb 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-binaries.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-binaries.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ readonly kernel_builder="${static_build_dir}/kernel/build.sh"
 readonly ovmf_builder="${static_build_dir}/ovmf/build.sh"
 readonly pause_image_builder="${static_build_dir}/pause-image/build.sh"
 readonly qemu_builder="${static_build_dir}/qemu/build-static-qemu.sh"
-readonly qemu_experimental_builder="${static_build_dir}/qemu/build-static-qemu-experimental.sh"
+readonly qemu_flavour_builder="${static_build_dir}/qemu/build-static-qemu-flavour.sh"
 readonly stratovirt_builder="${static_build_dir}/stratovirt/build-static-stratovirt.sh"
 readonly shimv2_builder="${static_build_dir}/shim-v2/build.sh"
 readonly virtiofsd_builder="${static_build_dir}/virtiofsd/build.sh"
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ options:
 	ovmf-sev
 	ovmf-tdx
 	qemu
+	qemu-no-shared-fs
 	qemu-snp-experimental
 	qemu-tdx-experimental
 	stratovirt
@@ -1325,6 +1326,20 @@ install_qemu() {
 		"${qemu_builder}"
 }
 
+# Install the static qemu asset trimmed down to the runtime classes that run
+# without a shared filesystem.  It is the same qemu as install_qemu, so it
+# tracks the same versions.yaml entry.
+install_qemu_no_shared_fs() {
+	export qemu_suffix="no-shared-fs"
+	export qemu_tarball_name="kata-static-qemu-${qemu_suffix}.tar.gz"
+
+	install_qemu_helper \
+		"assets.hypervisor.qemu.url" \
+		"assets.hypervisor.qemu.version" \
+		"qemu-${qemu_suffix}" \
+		"${qemu_flavour_builder}"
+}
+
 install_qemu_snp_experimental() {
 	export qemu_suffix="snp-experimental"
 	export qemu_tarball_name="kata-static-qemu-${qemu_suffix}.tar.gz"
@@ -1333,7 +1348,7 @@ install_qemu_snp_experimental() {
 		"assets.hypervisor.qemu-${qemu_suffix}.url" \
 		"assets.hypervisor.qemu-${qemu_suffix}.tag" \
 		"qemu-${qemu_suffix}" \
-		"${qemu_experimental_builder}"
+		"${qemu_flavour_builder}"
 }
 
 install_qemu_tdx_experimental() {
@@ -1344,7 +1359,7 @@ install_qemu_tdx_experimental() {
 		"assets.hypervisor.qemu-${qemu_suffix}.url" \
 		"assets.hypervisor.qemu-${qemu_suffix}.tag" \
 		"qemu-${qemu_suffix}" \
-		"${qemu_experimental_builder}"
+		"${qemu_flavour_builder}"
 }
 
 # Install static firecracker asset
@@ -1877,6 +1892,7 @@ handle_build() {
 		install_ovmf_sev
 		install_ovmf_tdx
 		install_qemu
+		install_qemu_no_shared_fs
 		install_qemu_snp_experimental
 		install_qemu_tdx_experimental
 		install_stratovirt
@@ -1930,6 +1946,8 @@ handle_build() {
 
 	qemu) install_qemu ;;
 
+	qemu-no-shared-fs) install_qemu_no_shared_fs ;;
+
 	qemu-snp-experimental) install_qemu_snp_experimental ;;
 
 	qemu-tdx-experimental) install_qemu_tdx_experimental ;;
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-release-tarball-inputs.sh b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-release-tarball-inputs.sh
index 6084db30b4..6ce47049c7 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-release-tarball-inputs.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-release-tarball-inputs.sh
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ kata-static-openvmm.tar.zst
 kata-static-ovmf-sev.tar.zst
 kata-static-ovmf-tdx.tar.zst
 kata-static-ovmf.tar.zst
+kata-static-qemu-no-shared-fs.tar.zst
 kata-static-qemu-snp-experimental.tar.zst
 kata-static-qemu-tdx-experimental.tar.zst
 kata-static-qemu.tar.zst
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ kata-static-kernel-nvidia-gpu.tar.zst
 kata-static-kernel.tar.zst
 kata-static-nydus.tar.zst
 kata-static-ovmf.tar.zst
+kata-static-qemu-no-shared-fs.tar.zst
 kata-static-qemu.tar.zst
 kata-static-rootfs-image-coco-extension.tar.zst
 kata-static-rootfs-image-devkit-extension.tar.zst
diff --git a/tools/packaging/static-build/qemu/Makefile b/tools/packaging/static-build/qemu/Makefile
index 356454646f..f53210f757 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/static-build/qemu/Makefile
+++ b/tools/packaging/static-build/qemu/Makefile
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ CONFIG_DIR := $(MK_DIR)/../../scripts/
 build:
 	"$(MK_DIR)/build-static-qemu.sh"
 
-build-experimental:
-	"$(MK_DIR)/build-static-qemu-experimental.sh"
+build-flavour:
+	"$(MK_DIR)/build-static-qemu-flavour.sh"
 
 clean:
 	rm -f kata-qemu-static.tar.gz
diff --git a/tools/packaging/static-build/qemu/build-static-qemu-experimental.sh b/tools/packaging/static-build/qemu/build-static-qemu-flavour.sh
similarity index 76%
rename from tools/packaging/static-build/qemu/build-static-qemu-experimental.sh
rename to tools/packaging/static-build/qemu/build-static-qemu-flavour.sh
index 678b7eea36..da8d6690a4 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/static-build/qemu/build-static-qemu-experimental.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/static-build/qemu/build-static-qemu-flavour.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2018 Intel Corporation
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# Builds a suffixed QEMU flavour: the binaries and the share directory carry
+# ${qemu_suffix}, so the tarball installs alongside the full build rather than
+# replacing it.  The caller picks the sources, the suffix and the tarball name.
 
 set -o errexit
 set -o nounset