diff --git a/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-initfs/files/obmc-init.sh b/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-initfs/files/obmc-init.sh
index 431780a..0dc4c35 100644
--- a/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-initfs/files/obmc-init.sh
+++ b/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-initfs/files/obmc-init.sh
@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@
 	echo $m
 }
 
+env=$(findmtd u-boot-env)
+if test -n $env
+then
+	ln -s /dev/$env /run/mtd:u-boot-env
+	cp /run/mtd:u-boot-env /run/fw_env
+fi
+
 rofs=$(findmtd rofs)
 rwfs=$(findmtd rwfs)
 
diff --git a/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-initfs/files/obmc-shutdown.sh b/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-initfs/files/obmc-shutdown.sh
index 029cd65..cc076fd 100644
--- a/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-initfs/files/obmc-shutdown.sh
+++ b/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-initfs/files/obmc-shutdown.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@
 done
 set +x
 
+if test -s /run/fw_env -a -c /run/mtd:u-boot-env -a ! -e /image-u-boot-env &&
+	! cmp /run/mtd:u-boot-env /run/fw_env
+then
+	ln -s /run/fw_env /image-u-boot-env
+fi
 
 if test -x /update && ls image-* > /dev/null 2>&1
 then