diff --git a/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/include/ti-core-initramfs.inc b/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/include/ti-core-initramfs.inc
index c816f1dce..65d30b2c0 100644
--- a/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/include/ti-core-initramfs.inc
+++ b/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/include/ti-core-initramfs.inc
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #   TI_CORE_INITRAMFS_ENABLED = "0"
 #
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-TI_CORE_INITRAMFS_ENABLED ?= "${@ '1' if d.getVar('TI_CORE_INITRAMFS_KERNEL_MODULES') or d.getVar('TI_CORE_INITRAMFS_EXTRA_INSTALL') or bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'luks', True, False, d) else '0'}"
+TI_CORE_INITRAMFS_ENABLED ?= "${@ '1' if d.getVar('TI_CORE_INITRAMFS_KERNEL_MODULES') or d.getVar('TI_CORE_INITRAMFS_EXTRA_INSTALL') or bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'luks', True, False, d) or d.getVar('DM_VERITY_IMAGE') else '0'}"
 
 TI_CORE_INITRAMFS_KERNEL_MODULES ?= ""
 TI_CORE_INITRAMFS_EXTRA_INSTALL ?= ""
diff --git a/meta-ti-bsp/dynamic-layers/security-layer/recipes-ti/initramfs/ti-core-initramfs.bbappend b/meta-ti-bsp/dynamic-layers/security-layer/recipes-ti/initramfs/ti-core-initramfs.bbappend
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..25fe775f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-ti-bsp/dynamic-layers/security-layer/recipes-ti/initramfs/ti-core-initramfs.bbappend
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Install the essential utils for dm-verity in ti-core-initramfs
+TI_CORE_INITRAMFS_EXTRA_INSTALL:append = "${@' initramfs-module-dmverity cryptsetup util-linux-mount' if d.getVar('DM_VERITY_IMAGE') else ''}"
+
+# Ensure dm-verity.env is updated also when rebuilding DM_VERITY_IMAGE
+do_image[nostamp] = "1"
+do_rootfs[nostamp] = "1"
+
+IMAGE_FSTYPES = "${INITRAMFS_FSTYPES}"
+
+deploy_verity_hash() {
+    # The .verity.env file is created by the DM_VERITY_IMAGE build (e.g., arago-base-image).
+    # On the first pass, it won't exist yet because the initramfs is built before the rootfs
+    # (due to INITRAMFS_IMAGE dependency). The do_rootfs[nostamp] = "1" causes this task
+    # to re-run after the rootfs is built, at which point the file will exist.
+    if [ -f ${STAGING_VERITY_DIR}/${DM_VERITY_IMAGE}.${DM_VERITY_IMAGE_TYPE}.verity.env ]; then
+        install -D -m 0644 \
+            ${STAGING_VERITY_DIR}/${DM_VERITY_IMAGE}.${DM_VERITY_IMAGE_TYPE}.verity.env \
+            ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${datadir}/misc/dm-verity.env
+    else
+        bbwarn "dm-verity.env not found at ${STAGING_VERITY_DIR}/${DM_VERITY_IMAGE}.${DM_VERITY_IMAGE_TYPE}.verity.env - will retry on rebuild (nostamp)"
+    fi
+}
+
+
+IMAGE_PREPROCESS_COMMAND += "deploy_verity_hash;"