diff --git a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-initfs/files/obmc-init-options-ram b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-initfs/files/obmc-init-options-ram
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e6489d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-initfs/files/obmc-init-options-ram
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+overlay-filesystem-in-ram
diff --git a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-initfs/obmc-phosphor-initfs.bb b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-initfs/obmc-phosphor-initfs.bb
index f81e21d..525d9e9 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-initfs/obmc-phosphor-initfs.bb
+++ b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-initfs/obmc-phosphor-initfs.bb
@@ -3,14 +3,18 @@
 PR = "r1"
 
 inherit obmc-phosphor-license
+PACKAGES += " ${PN}-ram"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}"
 SRC_URI += "file://obmc-init.sh"
 SRC_URI += "file://obmc-shutdown.sh"
 SRC_URI += "file://obmc-update.sh"
 SRC_URI += "file://whitelist"
+SRC_URI += "file://obmc-init-options-ram"
+
 
 do_install() {
+        install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/obmc-init-options-ram ${D}/init-options-base
 	for f in init-download-url init-options
 	do
 		if test -e $f
@@ -28,3 +32,4 @@
 
 FILES_${PN} += " /init /shutdown /update /whitelist /dev "
 FILES_${PN} += " /init-options /init-download-url "
+FILES_${PN}-ram += " /init-options-base "