diff --git a/meta-ti-bsp/dynamic-layers/openembedded-layer/recipes-ti/initramfs/packagegroup-ti-core-initramfs.bbappend b/meta-ti-bsp/dynamic-layers/openembedded-layer/recipes-ti/initramfs/packagegroup-ti-core-initramfs.bbappend
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ce417125
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-ti-bsp/dynamic-layers/openembedded-layer/recipes-ti/initramfs/packagegroup-ti-core-initramfs.bbappend
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+RDEPENDS:${PN} += "\
+    cifs-utils \
+"
diff --git a/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-ti/initramfs/packagegroup-ti-core-initramfs.bb b/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-ti/initramfs/packagegroup-ti-core-initramfs.bb
index 6845f0c9..86b69aff 100644
--- a/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-ti/initramfs/packagegroup-ti-core-initramfs.bb
+++ b/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-ti/initramfs/packagegroup-ti-core-initramfs.bb
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ RDEPENDS:${PN} += "\
     initramfs-framework-base \
     initramfs-module-udev \
     initramfs-module-nfsrootfs \
-    cifs-utils \
     nfs-utils \
     nfs-utils-client \
 "