diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/images/core-image-tiny-initramfs.bb b/meta/recipes-core/images/core-image-tiny-initramfs.bb
index a8893d1e53..16995e6580 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/images/core-image-tiny-initramfs.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/images/core-image-tiny-initramfs.bb
@@ -39,3 +39,5 @@ python tinyinitrd () {
 }
 
 IMAGE_PREPROCESS_COMMAND += "tinyinitrd;"
+
+QB_KERNEL_CMDLINE_APPEND += "debugshell=3 init=/bin/busybox sh init"