diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/images/secure-core-image-initramfs.bb b/meta/recipes-core/images/secure-core-image-initramfs.bb
index 87eaec2..1a50036 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/images/secure-core-image-initramfs.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/images/secure-core-image-initramfs.bb
@@ -32,4 +32,6 @@ inherit core-image
 IMAGE_ROOTFS_SIZE = "8192"
 IMAGE_ROOTFS_EXTRA_SPACE = "0"
 
+INITRAMFS_MAXSIZE = "256000"
+
 BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS += "busybox-syslog"