diff --git a/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-initfs/files/obmc-update.sh b/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-initfs/files/obmc-update.sh
index 6f26550..6b0d7a0 100755
--- a/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-initfs/files/obmc-update.sh
+++ b/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-initfs/files/obmc-update.sh
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 doclean=
 dosave=y
 dorestore=y
+toram=
 
 whitelist=/run/initramfs/whitelist
 image=/run/initramfs/image-
@@ -88,6 +89,9 @@
 	--restore-files)
 		dorestore=y
 		shift ;;
+	--copy-files)
+		toram=y
+		shift ;;
 	*)
 		echo 2>&1 "Unknown option $1"
 		exit 1 ;;
@@ -138,6 +142,12 @@
 	flashcp -v $f /dev/$m
 done
 
+if test "x$toram" = xy
+then
+	mkdir -p $upper
+	cp -rp $save/. $upper/
+fi
+
 if test -d $save -a "x$dorestore" = xy
 then
 	odir=$rwdir