diff --git a/builder.go b/builder.go
index 2aefb03..4e56cde 100644
--- a/builder.go
+++ b/builder.go
@@ -44,25 +44,25 @@ ff02::3 ip6-allhosts
   SAY Now booting the kernel from SYSLINUX...
  LABEL linux
   KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz
-  APPEND ro root=UUID=%s initrd=/boot/initrd.img net.ifnames=0 console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8
+  APPEND ro root=UUID=%s initrd=/boot/initrd.img net.ifnames=0 console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8 %s
 `
 	syslinuxCfgDebian = `DEFAULT linux
   SAY Now booting the kernel from SYSLINUX...
  LABEL linux
   KERNEL /vmlinuz
-  APPEND ro root=UUID=%s initrd=/initrd.img net.ifnames=0 console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8
+  APPEND ro root=UUID=%s initrd=/initrd.img net.ifnames=0 console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8 %s
 `
 	syslinuxCfgAlpine = `DEFAULT linux
   SAY Now booting the kernel from SYSLINUX...
  LABEL linux
   KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz-virt
-  APPEND ro root=UUID=%s rootfstype=ext4 initrd=/boot/initramfs-virt console=ttyS0,115200
+  APPEND ro root=UUID=%s rootfstype=ext4 initrd=/boot/initramfs-virt console=ttyS0,115200 %s
 `
 	syslinuxCfgCentOS = `DEFAULT linux
   SAY Now booting the kernel from SYSLINUX...
  LABEL linux
   KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz
-  APPEND ro root=UUID=%s initrd=/boot/initrd.img net.ifnames=0 console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8
+  APPEND ro root=UUID=%s initrd=/boot/initrd.img net.ifnames=0 console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8 %s
 `
 )
 
@@ -119,12 +119,13 @@ type builder struct {
 
 	mbrPath string
 
-	loDevice string
-	loPart   string
-	diskUUD  string
+	loDevice     string
+	loPart       string
+	diskUUD      string
+	cmdLineExtra string
 }
 
-func NewBuilder(ctx context.Context, workdir, imgTag, disk string, size int64, osRelease OSRelease, format string) (*builder, error) {
+func NewBuilder(ctx context.Context, workdir, imgTag, disk string, size int64, osRelease OSRelease, format string, cmdLineExtra string) (*builder, error) {
 	if err := checkDependencies(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -169,14 +170,15 @@ func NewBuilder(ctx context.Context, workdir, imgTag, disk string, size int64, o
 	// 	size = int64(s)
 	// }
 	b := &builder{
-		osRelease: osRelease,
-		img:       img,
-		diskRaw:   filepath.Join(workdir, disk+".d2vm.raw"),
-		diskOut:   filepath.Join(workdir, disk+"."+format),
-		format:    f,
-		size:      size,
-		mbrPath:   mbrBin,
-		mntPoint:  filepath.Join(workdir, "/mnt"),
+		osRelease:    osRelease,
+		img:          img,
+		diskRaw:      filepath.Join(workdir, disk+".d2vm.raw"),
+		diskOut:      filepath.Join(workdir, disk+"."+format),
+		format:       f,
+		size:         size,
+		mbrPath:      mbrBin,
+		mntPoint:     filepath.Join(workdir, "/mnt"),
+		cmdLineExtra: cmdLineExtra,
 	}
 	if err := os.MkdirAll(b.mntPoint, os.ModePerm); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -343,7 +345,7 @@ func (b *builder) installKernel(ctx context.Context) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := b.chWriteFile("/boot/syslinux.cfg", fmt.Sprintf(sysconfig, b.diskUUD), perm); err != nil {
+	if err := b.chWriteFile("/boot/syslinux.cfg", fmt.Sprintf(sysconfig, b.diskUUD, b.cmdLineExtra), perm); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/cmd/d2vm/build.go b/cmd/d2vm/build.go
index b44c997..a1daa35 100644
--- a/cmd/d2vm/build.go
+++ b/cmd/d2vm/build.go
@@ -47,14 +47,14 @@ var (
 				return err
 			}
 			exec.SetDebug(debug)
-			logrus.Infof("building docker image from %s", file)
 			if file == "" {
 				file = filepath.Join(args[0], "Dockerfile")
 			}
+			logrus.Infof("building docker image from %s", file)
 			if err := docker.Build(cmd.Context(), tag, file, args[0], buildArgs...); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			return d2vm.Convert(cmd.Context(), tag, size, password, output)
+			return d2vm.Convert(cmd.Context(), tag, size, password, output, cmdLineExtra)
 		},
 	}
 )
@@ -70,4 +70,5 @@ func init() {
 	buildCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&size, "size", "s", "10G", "The output image size")
 	buildCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&debug, "debug", "d", false, "Enable Debug output")
 	buildCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&force, "force", false, "Override output image")
+	buildCmd.Flags().StringVar(&cmdLineExtra, "append-to-cmdline", "", "Extra kernel cmdline arguments to append to the generated one")
 }
diff --git a/cmd/d2vm/convert.go b/cmd/d2vm/convert.go
index 9f9e057..a645020 100644
--- a/cmd/d2vm/convert.go
+++ b/cmd/d2vm/convert.go
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	pull = false
+	pull         = false
+	cmdLineExtra = ""
 
 	convertCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:          "convert [docker image]",
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ var (
 					return err
 				}
 			}
-			return d2vm.Convert(cmd.Context(), img, size, password, output)
+			return d2vm.Convert(cmd.Context(), img, size, password, output, cmdLineExtra)
 		},
 	}
 )
@@ -98,5 +99,6 @@ func init() {
 	convertCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&size, "size", "s", "10G", "The output image size")
 	convertCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&debug, "debug", "d", false, "Enable Debug output")
 	convertCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&force, "force", "f", false, "Override output qcow2 image")
+	convertCmd.Flags().StringVar(&cmdLineExtra, "append-to-cmdline", "", "Extra kernel cmdline arguments to append to the generated one")
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(convertCmd)
 }
diff --git a/convert.go b/convert.go
index 378a734..c67daef 100644
--- a/convert.go
+++ b/convert.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"go.linka.cloud/d2vm/pkg/docker"
 )
 
-func Convert(ctx context.Context, img string, size int64, password string, output string) error {
+func Convert(ctx context.Context, img string, size int64, password string, output string, cmdLineExtra string) error {
 	imgUUID := uuid.New().String()
 	tmpPath := filepath.Join(os.TempDir(), "d2vm", imgUUID)
 	if err := os.MkdirAll(tmpPath, os.ModePerm); err != nil {
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func Convert(ctx context.Context, img string, size int64, password string, outpu
 	if format == "" {
 		format = "raw"
 	}
-	b, err := NewBuilder(ctx, tmpPath, imgUUID, "", size, r, format)
+	b, err := NewBuilder(ctx, tmpPath, imgUUID, "", size, r, format, cmdLineExtra)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}