diff --git a/src/runtime/Makefile b/src/runtime/Makefile
index 422151e3b4..8b73e797ca 100644
--- a/src/runtime/Makefile
+++ b/src/runtime/Makefile
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ PROJECT_DIR = $(PROJECT_TAG)
 IMAGENAME = $(PROJECT_TAG).img
 IMAGETDXNAME = $(PROJECT_TAG)-tdx.img
 INITRDNAME = $(PROJECT_TAG)-initrd.img
+INITRDSEVNAME = $(PROJECT_TAG)-initrd-sev.img
 
 TARGET = $(BIN_PREFIX)-runtime
 RUNTIME_OUTPUT = $(CURDIR)/$(TARGET)
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ KERNELDIR := $(PKGDATADIR)
 
 IMAGEPATH := $(PKGDATADIR)/$(IMAGENAME)
 INITRDPATH := $(PKGDATADIR)/$(INITRDNAME)
+INITRDSEVPATH :=  $(PKGDATADIR)/$(INITRDSEVNAME)
 IMAGETDXPATH := $(PKGDATADIR)/$(IMAGETDXNAME)
 FIRMWAREPATH :=
 FIRMWAREVOLUMEPATH :=
@@ -500,6 +502,8 @@ USER_VARS += IMAGETDXNAME
 USER_VARS += IMAGETDXPATH
 USER_VARS += INITRDNAME
 USER_VARS += INITRDPATH
+USER_VARS += INITRDSEVNAME
+USER_VARS += INITRDSEVPATH
 USER_VARS += MACHINETYPE
 USER_VARS += KERNELDIR
 USER_VARS += KERNELTYPE
diff --git a/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-sev.toml.in b/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-sev.toml.in
index db8fedb3ec..728238af2e 100644
--- a/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-sev.toml.in
+++ b/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-sev.toml.in
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 [hypervisor.qemu]
 path = "@QEMUPATH@"
 kernel = "@KERNELSEVPATH@"
-initrd = "@INITRDPATH@"
+initrd = "@INITRDSEVPATH@"
 machine_type = "@MACHINETYPE@"
 
 # Enable confidential guest support.