diff --git a/src/runtime/Makefile b/src/runtime/Makefile
index 71c3e3ad76..62a64612eb 100644
--- a/src/runtime/Makefile
+++ b/src/runtime/Makefile
@@ -462,6 +462,13 @@ ifneq (,$(QEMUCMD))
     DEFSANDBOXCGROUPONLY_NV = true
     # The latest OVMF build should be good for both TDX and SNP
     FIRMWAREPATH_NV := $(PREFIXDEPS)/share/ovmf/OVMF.fd
+
+    ifneq (,$(QEMUFW))
+        FIRMWAREPATH := $(PREFIXDEPS)/share/ovmf/$(QEMUFW)
+    endif
+    ifneq (,$(QEMUFWVOL))
+        FIRMWAREVOLUMEPATH := $(PREFIXDEPS)/share/ovmf/$(QEMUFWVOL)
+    endif
 endif
 
 ifneq (,$(CLHCMD))
diff --git a/src/runtime/arch/arm64-options.mk b/src/runtime/arch/arm64-options.mk
index ca19c8c7a6..749504cfca 100644
--- a/src/runtime/arch/arm64-options.mk
+++ b/src/runtime/arch/arm64-options.mk
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ MACHINEACCELERATORS :=
 CPUFEATURES := pmu=off
 
 QEMUCMD := qemu-system-aarch64
+QEMUFW := AAVMF_CODE.fd
+QEMUFWVOL := AAVMF_VARS.fd
 
 # Firecracker binary name
 FCCMD := firecracker