1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/runqemu b/scripts/runqemu
index 9cdabe865b..01d831520a 100755
--- a/scripts/runqemu
+++ b/scripts/runqemu
@@ -584,11 +584,15 @@ class BaseConfig(object):
         if self.fstype in self.vmtypes:
             return
 
+        # See if the user supplied a KERNEL option
+        if self.get('KERNEL'):
+            self.kernel = self.get('KERNEL')
+
         # QB_DEFAULT_KERNEL is always a full file path
         kernel_name = os.path.basename(self.get('QB_DEFAULT_KERNEL'))
 
         # The user didn't want a kernel to be loaded
-        if kernel_name == "none":
+        if kernel_name == "none" and not self.kernel:
             return
 
         deploy_dir_image = self.get('DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE')