diff --git a/meta-arm/conf/machine/qemuarm64-secureboot.conf b/meta-arm/conf/machine/qemuarm64-secureboot.conf
index 22fb1d3e..a467b204 100644
--- a/meta-arm/conf/machine/qemuarm64-secureboot.conf
+++ b/meta-arm/conf/machine/qemuarm64-secureboot.conf
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ QB_DEFAULT_FSTYPE = "wic.qcow2"
 QB_DEFAULT_BIOS = "flash.bin"
 QB_FSINFO = "wic:no-kernel-in-fs"
 QB_ROOTFS_OPT = ""
+QB_KERNEL_ROOT = "/dev/vda2"
 
 IMAGE_FSTYPES += "wic wic.qcow2"