diff --git a/boards/qemu-coreboot/qemu-coreboot.config b/boards/qemu-coreboot/qemu-coreboot.config
index e095bed5..74d7d7c7 100644
--- a/boards/qemu-coreboot/qemu-coreboot.config
+++ b/boards/qemu-coreboot/qemu-coreboot.config
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ CONFIG_LINUX_E1000=y
 export CONFIG_BOOTSCRIPT=/bin/generic-init
 export CONFIG_TPM=n
 
+export CONFIG_BOOT_DEV="/dev/sda1"
+
 #run: coreboot.intermediate
 run:
 	qemu-system-x86_64 \