diff --git a/yocto-poky/scripts/lib/wic/canned-wks/common.wks.inc b/yocto-poky/scripts/lib/wic/canned-wks/common.wks.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5cf2fd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/yocto-poky/scripts/lib/wic/canned-wks/common.wks.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# This file is included into 3 canned wks files from this directory
+part /boot --source bootimg-pcbios --ondisk sda --label boot --active --align 1024
+part / --source rootfs --ondisk sda --fstype=ext4 --label platform --align 1024
diff --git a/yocto-poky/scripts/lib/wic/canned-wks/directdisk-bootloader-config.cfg b/yocto-poky/scripts/lib/wic/canned-wks/directdisk-bootloader-config.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a16bd6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/yocto-poky/scripts/lib/wic/canned-wks/directdisk-bootloader-config.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# This is an example configuration file for syslinux.
+PROMPT 0
+TIMEOUT 10
+
+ALLOWOPTIONS 1
+SERIAL 0 115200
+
+DEFAULT boot
+LABEL boot
+KERNEL /vmlinuz
+APPEND label=boot root=/dev/sda2 rootwait rootfstype=ext4 video=vesafb vga=0x318 console=tty0
diff --git a/yocto-poky/scripts/lib/wic/canned-wks/directdisk-bootloader-config.wks b/yocto-poky/scripts/lib/wic/canned-wks/directdisk-bootloader-config.wks
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3529e05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/yocto-poky/scripts/lib/wic/canned-wks/directdisk-bootloader-config.wks
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# short-description: Create a 'pcbios' direct disk image with custom bootloader config
+# long-description: Creates a partitioned legacy BIOS disk image that the user
+# can directly dd to boot media. The bootloader configuration source is a user file.
+
+include common.wks.inc
+
+bootloader --configfile="directdisk-bootloader-config.cfg"
+
diff --git a/yocto-poky/scripts/lib/wic/canned-wks/directdisk.wks b/yocto-poky/scripts/lib/wic/canned-wks/directdisk.wks
index af4c9ea..6db74a7 100644
--- a/yocto-poky/scripts/lib/wic/canned-wks/directdisk.wks
+++ b/yocto-poky/scripts/lib/wic/canned-wks/directdisk.wks
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 # long-description: Creates a partitioned legacy BIOS disk image that the user
 # can directly dd to boot media.
 
-
-part /boot --source bootimg-pcbios --ondisk sda --label boot --active --align 1024
-part / --source rootfs --ondisk sda --fstype=ext4 --label platform --align 1024
+include common.wks.inc
 
 bootloader  --timeout=0  --append="rootwait rootfstype=ext4 video=vesafb vga=0x318 console=tty0"
 
diff --git a/yocto-poky/scripts/lib/wic/canned-wks/qemux86-directdisk.wks b/yocto-poky/scripts/lib/wic/canned-wks/qemux86-directdisk.wks
index 8fc38b5..a6518a0 100644
--- a/yocto-poky/scripts/lib/wic/canned-wks/qemux86-directdisk.wks
+++ b/yocto-poky/scripts/lib/wic/canned-wks/qemux86-directdisk.wks
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 # long-description: Creates a partitioned legacy BIOS disk image that the user
 # can directly use to boot a qemu machine.
 
-
-part /boot --source bootimg-pcbios --ondisk sda --label boot --active --align 1024
-part / --source rootfs --ondisk sda --fstype=ext4 --label platform --align 1024
+include common.wks.inc
 
 bootloader  --timeout=0  --append="vga=0 uvesafb.mode_option=640x480-32 root=/dev/vda2 rw mem=256M ip=192.168.7.2::192.168.7.1:255.255.255.0 oprofile.timer=1 rootfstype=ext4 "