diff --git a/src/runtime/Makefile b/src/runtime/Makefile
index c941272c3f..afe0ea0ab6 100644
--- a/src/runtime/Makefile
+++ b/src/runtime/Makefile
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ SNPCERTSPATH := /opt/snp/cert_chain.cert
 
 ROOTMEASURECONFIG ?= ""
 KERNELTDXPARAMS += $(ROOTMEASURECONFIG)
+KERNELQEMUCOCODEVPARAMS += $(ROOTMEASURECONFIG)
 
 # Name of default configuration file the runtime will use.
 CONFIG_FILE = configuration.toml
@@ -645,6 +646,7 @@ USER_VARS += DEFMACHINETYPE_CLH
 USER_VARS += DEFMACHINETYPE_STRATOVIRT
 USER_VARS += KERNELPARAMS
 USER_VARS += KERNELTDXPARAMS
+USER_VARS += KERNELQEMUCOCODEVPARAMS
 USER_VARS += LIBEXECDIR
 USER_VARS += LOCALSTATEDIR
 USER_VARS += PKGDATADIR
diff --git a/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-coco-dev.toml.in b/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-coco-dev.toml.in
index 2373aabaa6..4b94ed61d4 100644
--- a/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-coco-dev.toml.in
+++ b/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-coco-dev.toml.in
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ valid_hypervisor_paths = @QEMUVALIDHYPERVISORPATHS@
 # may stop the virtual machine from booting.
 # To see the list of default parameters, enable hypervisor debug, create a
 # container and look for 'default-kernel-parameters' log entries.
-kernel_params = "@KERNELPARAMS@"
+kernel_params = "@KERNELQEMUCOCODEVPARAMS@"
 
 # Path to the firmware.
 # If you want that qemu uses the default firmware leave this option empty