diff --git a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/images/obmc-phosphor-initramfs.bb b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/images/obmc-phosphor-initramfs.bb
index 3f0b3c1..739aab5 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/images/obmc-phosphor-initramfs.bb
+++ b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/images/obmc-phosphor-initramfs.bb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 PACKAGE_INSTALL = "${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_base-utils} base-passwd ${ROOTFS_BOOTSTRAP_INSTALL} obmc-phosphor-initfs"
 
 # Do not pollute the initrd image with rootfs features
-IMAGE_FEATURES = ""
+IMAGE_FEATURES = "read-only-rootfs"
 
 export IMAGE_BASENAME = "obmc-phosphor-initramfs"
 IMAGE_LINGUAS = ""