diff --git a/internal/distro/rhel8/pipelines.go b/internal/distro/rhel8/pipelines.go
index 06b2dc5f2a..a08b786ae2 100644
--- a/internal/distro/rhel8/pipelines.go
+++ b/internal/distro/rhel8/pipelines.go
@@ -938,6 +938,7 @@ func ostreeDeployPipeline(
 	p.AddStage(osbuild.NewOSTreeConfigStage(ostreeConfigStageOptions(repoPath, true)))
 	p.AddStage(osbuild.NewMkdirStage(efiMkdirStageOptions()))
 	kernelOpts := osbuild.GenImageKernelOptions(pt)
+	kernelOpts = append(kernelOpts, "rw")
 	p.AddStage(osbuild.NewOSTreeDeployStage(
 		&osbuild.OSTreeDeployStageOptions{
 			OsName: osname,
diff --git a/internal/distro/rhel9/pipelines.go b/internal/distro/rhel9/pipelines.go
index 65b7e2ec79..2fa7c7bd09 100644
--- a/internal/distro/rhel9/pipelines.go
+++ b/internal/distro/rhel9/pipelines.go
@@ -934,6 +934,7 @@ func ostreeDeployPipeline(
 	p.AddStage(osbuild.NewOSTreeConfigStage(ostreeConfigStageOptions(repoPath, true)))
 	p.AddStage(osbuild.NewMkdirStage(efiMkdirStageOptions()))
 	kernelOpts := osbuild.GenImageKernelOptions(pt)
+	kernelOpts = append(kernelOpts, "rw")
 	p.AddStage(osbuild.NewOSTreeDeployStage(
 		&osbuild.OSTreeDeployStageOptions{
 			OsName: osname,