diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/Makefile b/src/runtime-rs/Makefile
index 7cf88ac042..77cddf4b11 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/Makefile
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/Makefile
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ DEFMAXMEMSZ := 0
 ##VAR DEFBRIDGES=<number> Default number of bridges
 DEFBRIDGES := 0
 DEFENABLEANNOTATIONS := [\"kernel_params\"]
+DEFENABLEANNOTATIONS_COCO := [\"kernel_params\",\"cc_init_data\"]
 DEFDISABLEGUESTSECCOMP := true
 DEFDISABLEGUESTEMPTYDIR := false
 ##VAR DEFAULTEXPFEATURES=[features] Default experimental features enabled
@@ -482,6 +483,7 @@ USER_VARS += DEFVIRTIOFSCACHE
 USER_VARS += DEFVIRTIOFSQUEUESIZE
 USER_VARS += DEFVIRTIOFSEXTRAARGS
 USER_VARS += DEFENABLEANNOTATIONS
+USER_VARS += DEFENABLEANNOTATIONS_COCO
 USER_VARS += DEFENABLEIOTHREADS
 USER_VARS += DEFSECCOMPSANDBOXPARAM
 USER_VARS += DEFGUESTSELINUXLABEL
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/config/configuration-qemu-se-runtime-rs.toml.in b/src/runtime-rs/config/configuration-qemu-se-runtime-rs.toml.in
index a2d6fbecb1..46d1d68647 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/config/configuration-qemu-se-runtime-rs.toml.in
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/config/configuration-qemu-se-runtime-rs.toml.in
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ confidential_guest = true
 # List of valid annotation names for the hypervisor
 # Each member of the list is a regular expression, which is the base name
 # of the annotation, e.g. "path" for io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.path"
-enable_annotations = @DEFENABLEANNOTATIONS@
+enable_annotations = @DEFENABLEANNOTATIONS_COCO@
 
 # List of valid annotations values for the hypervisor
 # Each member of the list is a path pattern as described by glob(3).
diff --git a/src/runtime/Makefile b/src/runtime/Makefile
index b10bd0f3f6..748a222c8e 100644
--- a/src/runtime/Makefile
+++ b/src/runtime/Makefile
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ DEFMAXMEMSZ := 0
 #Default number of bridges
 DEFBRIDGES := 1
 DEFENABLEANNOTATIONS := [\"enable_iommu\", \"virtio_fs_extra_args\", \"kernel_params\"]
-DEFENABLEANNOTATIONSTEE := [\"enable_iommu\", \"virtio_fs_extra_args\", \"kernel_params\", \"default_vcpus\", \"default_memory\"]
+DEFENABLEANNOTATIONS_COCO := [\"enable_iommu\", \"virtio_fs_extra_args\", \"kernel_params\", \"default_vcpus\", \"default_memory\", \"cc_init_data\"]
 DEFDISABLEGUESTSECCOMP := true
 DEFDISABLEGUESTEMPTYDIR := false
 #Default experimental features enabled
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ USER_VARS += DEFVIRTIOFSCACHE
 USER_VARS += DEFVIRTIOFSQUEUESIZE
 USER_VARS += DEFVIRTIOFSEXTRAARGS
 USER_VARS += DEFENABLEANNOTATIONS
-USER_VARS += DEFENABLEANNOTATIONSTEE
+USER_VARS += DEFENABLEANNOTATIONS_COCO
 USER_VARS += DEFENABLEIOTHREADS
 USER_VARS += DEFSECCOMPSANDBOXPARAM
 USER_VARS += DEFENABLEVHOSTUSERSTORE
diff --git a/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-coco-dev.toml.in b/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-coco-dev.toml.in
index 79de271708..05ef3b54bb 100644
--- a/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-coco-dev.toml.in
+++ b/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-coco-dev.toml.in
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ rootfs_type=@DEFROOTFSTYPE@
 # List of valid annotation names for the hypervisor
 # Each member of the list is a regular expression, which is the base name
 # of the annotation, e.g. "path" for io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.path"
-enable_annotations = @DEFENABLEANNOTATIONSTEE@
+enable_annotations = @DEFENABLEANNOTATIONS_COCO@
 
 # List of valid annotations values for the hypervisor
 # Each member of the list is a path pattern as described by glob(3).
diff --git a/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-se.toml.in b/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-se.toml.in
index 9f3c258dc8..fba6f4c34d 100644
--- a/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-se.toml.in
+++ b/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-se.toml.in
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ confidential_guest = true
 # List of valid annotation names for the hypervisor
 # Each member of the list is a regular expression, which is the base name
 # of the annotation, e.g. "path" for io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.path"
-enable_annotations = @DEFENABLEANNOTATIONS@
+enable_annotations = @DEFENABLEANNOTATIONS_COCO@
 
 # List of valid annotations values for the hypervisor
 # Each member of the list is a path pattern as described by glob(3).
diff --git a/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-tdx.toml.in b/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-tdx.toml.in
index 1c810e8cd6..de8b34c436 100644
--- a/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-tdx.toml.in
+++ b/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-tdx.toml.in
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ confidential_guest = true
 # List of valid annotation names for the hypervisor
 # Each member of the list is a regular expression, which is the base name
 # of the annotation, e.g. "path" for io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.path"
-enable_annotations = @DEFENABLEANNOTATIONSTEE@
+enable_annotations = @DEFENABLEANNOTATIONS_COCO@
 
 # List of valid annotations values for the hypervisor
 # Each member of the list is a path pattern as described by glob(3).