diff --git a/projects/ima-namespace/Makefile b/projects/ima-namespace/Makefile
index 5819a3c00..fbce8a6d2 100644
--- a/projects/ima-namespace/Makefile
+++ b/projects/ima-namespace/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ run: ima-namespace-kernel
 	../../bin/linuxkit run ima-namespace
 
 ima-namespace-kernel: ima-namespace.yml
-	../../bin/moby build ima-namespace
+	../../bin/moby build -output kernel+initrd ima-namespace
 
 .PHONY: clean
 clean: