diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/uki.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/uki.py
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+# Based on runqemu.py test file
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2017 Wind River Systems, Inc.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+#
+
+from oeqa.selftest.case import OESelftestTestCase
+from oeqa.utils.commands import bitbake, runqemu, get_bb_var
+from oeqa.core.decorator.data import skipIfNotArch
+from oeqa.core.decorator import OETestTag
+import oe.types
+
+class UkiTest(OESelftestTestCase):
+    """Boot Unified Kernel Image (UKI) generated with uki.bbclass on UEFI firmware (omvf/edk2)"""
+
+    @skipIfNotArch(['i586', 'i686', 'x86_64'])
+    @OETestTag("runqemu")
+    def test_uki_boot_systemd(self):
+        """Build and boot into UEFI firmware (omvf/edk2), systemd-boot, initrd without systemd, rootfs with systemd"""
+        image = "core-image-minimal"
+        runqemu_params = get_bb_var('TEST_RUNQEMUPARAMS', image) or ""
+        cmd = "runqemu %s nographic serial wic ovmf" % (runqemu_params)
+        if oe.types.qemu_use_kvm(self.td.get('QEMU_USE_KVM', 0), self.td["TARGET_ARCH"]):
+            cmd += " kvm"
+
+        self.write_config("""
+# efi firmware must load systemd-boot, not grub
+EFI_PROVIDER = "systemd-boot"
+
+# image format must be wic, needs esp partition for firmware etc
+IMAGE_FSTYPES:pn-%s:append = " wic"
+WKS_FILE = "efi-uki-bootdisk.wks.in"
+
+# efi, uki and systemd features must be enabled
+INIT_MANAGER = "systemd"
+MACHINE_FEATURES:append = " efi"
+IMAGE_CLASSES:append:pn-core-image-minimal = " uki"
+
+# uki embeds also an initrd
+INITRAMFS_IMAGE = "core-image-minimal-initramfs"
+
+# runqemu must not load kernel separately, it's in the uki
+QB_KERNEL_ROOT = ""
+QB_DEFAULT_KERNEL = "none"
+
+# boot command line provided via uki, not via bootloader
+UKI_CMDLINE = "rootwait root=LABEL=root console=${KERNEL_CONSOLE}"
+
+# disable kvm, breaks boot
+QEMU_USE_KVM = ""
+
+IMAGE_CLASSES:remove = 'testimage'
+""" % (image))
+
+        uki_filename = get_bb_var('UKI_FILENAME', image)
+
+        bitbake(image + " ovmf")
+        with runqemu(image, ssh=False, launch_cmd=cmd) as qemu:
+            self.assertTrue(qemu.runner.logged, "Failed: %s" % cmd)
+
+            # Verify from efivars that firmware was:
+            # x86_64, qemux86_64, ovmf = edk2
+            cmd = "echo $( cat /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/LoaderFirmwareInfo-4a67b082-0a4c-41cf-b6c7-440b29bb8c4f ) | grep 'EDK II'"
+            status, output = qemu.run_serial(cmd)
+            self.assertEqual(1, status, 'Failed to run command "%s": %s' % (cmd, output))
+
+            # Check that systemd-boot was the loader
+            cmd = "echo $( cat /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/LoaderInfo-4a67b082-0a4c-41cf-b6c7-440b29bb8c4f ) | grep systemd-boot"
+            status, output = qemu.run_serial(cmd)
+            self.assertEqual(1, status, 'Failed to run command "%s": %s' % (cmd, output))
+
+            # Check that systemd-stub was used
+            cmd = "echo $( cat /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/StubInfo-4a67b082-0a4c-41cf-b6c7-440b29bb8c4f ) | grep systemd-stub"
+            status, output = qemu.run_serial(cmd)
+            self.assertEqual(1, status, 'Failed to run command "%s": %s' % (cmd, output))
+
+            # Check that the compiled uki file was booted into
+            cmd = "echo $( cat /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/LoaderEntrySelected-4a67b082-0a4c-41cf-b6c7-440b29bb8c4f ) | grep '%s'" % (uki_filename)
+            status, output = qemu.run_serial(cmd)
+            self.assertEqual(1, status, 'Failed to run command "%s": %s' % (cmd, output))
+
+    @skipIfNotArch(['i586', 'i686', 'x86_64'])
+    @OETestTag("runqemu")
+    def test_uki_sysvinit(self):
+        """Build and boot into UEFI firmware (omvf/edk2), systemd-boot, initrd with sysvinit, rootfs with sysvinit"""
+        config = """
+# efi firmware must load systemd-boot, not grub
+EFI_PROVIDER = "systemd-boot"
+
+# image format must be wic, needs esp partition for firmware etc
+IMAGE_FSTYPES:pn-core-image-base:append = " wic"
+WKS_FILE = "efi-uki-bootdisk.wks.in"
+
+# efi, uki and systemd features must be enabled
+MACHINE_FEATURES:append = " efi"
+DISTRO_FEATURES_NATIVE:append = " systemd"
+IMAGE_CLASSES:append:pn-core-image-base = " uki"
+
+# uki embeds also an initrd, no systemd or udev
+INITRAMFS_IMAGE = "core-image-initramfs-boot"
+
+# runqemu must not load kernel separately, it's in the uki
+QB_KERNEL_ROOT = ""
+QB_DEFAULT_KERNEL = "none"
+
+# boot command line provided via uki, not via bootloader
+UKI_CMDLINE = "rootwait root=LABEL=root console=${KERNEL_CONSOLE}"
+
+# disable kvm, breaks boot
+QEMU_USE_KVM = ""
+
+IMAGE_CLASSES:remove = 'testimage'
+"""
+        self.append_config(config)
+        bitbake('core-image-base ovmf')
+        runqemu_params = get_bb_var('TEST_RUNQEMUPARAMS', 'core-image-base') or ""
+        uki_filename = get_bb_var('UKI_FILENAME', 'core-image-base')
+        self.remove_config(config)
+
+        with runqemu('core-image-base', ssh=False,
+                     runqemuparams='%s slirp nographic ovmf' % (runqemu_params), image_fstype='wic') as qemu:
+            # Verify from efivars that firmware was:
+            # x86_64, qemux86_64, ovmf = edk2
+            cmd = "echo $( cat /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/LoaderFirmwareInfo-4a67b082-0a4c-41cf-b6c7-440b29bb8c4f ) | grep 'EDK II'"
+            status, output = qemu.run_serial(cmd)
+            self.assertEqual(1, status, 'Failed to run command "%s": %s' % (cmd, output))
+
+            # Check that systemd-boot was the loader
+            cmd = "echo $( cat /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/LoaderInfo-4a67b082-0a4c-41cf-b6c7-440b29bb8c4f ) | grep systemd-boot"
+            status, output = qemu.run_serial(cmd)
+            self.assertEqual(1, status, 'Failed to run command "%s": %s' % (cmd, output))
+
+            # Check that systemd-stub was used
+            cmd = "echo $( cat /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/StubInfo-4a67b082-0a4c-41cf-b6c7-440b29bb8c4f ) | grep systemd-stub"
+            status, output = qemu.run_serial(cmd)
+            self.assertEqual(1, status, 'Failed to run command "%s": %s' % (cmd, output))
+
+            # Check that the compiled uki file was booted into
+            cmd = "echo $( cat /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/LoaderEntrySelected-4a67b082-0a4c-41cf-b6c7-440b29bb8c4f ) | grep '%s'" % (uki_filename)
+            status, output = qemu.run_serial(cmd)
+            self.assertEqual(1, status, 'Failed to run command "%s": %s' % (cmd, output))
diff --git a/scripts/lib/wic/canned-wks/efi-uki-bootdisk.wks.in b/scripts/lib/wic/canned-wks/efi-uki-bootdisk.wks.in
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index 0000000000..1ea9c8a845
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+++ b/scripts/lib/wic/canned-wks/efi-uki-bootdisk.wks.in
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+bootloader --ptable gpt --timeout=5
+part /boot --source bootimg-efi --sourceparams="loader=${EFI_PROVIDER}" --label boot --active --align 1024 --use-uuid --part-name="ESP" --part-type=C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B --fixed-size 512M
+part / --source rootfs --fstype=ext4 --label root --align 1024 --exclude-path boot/