diff --git a/board/qemu/ppc64le-pseries/readme.txt b/board/qemu/ppc64le-pseries/readme.txt
index 8ee72ea6cf..3d5577aa32 100644
--- a/board/qemu/ppc64le-pseries/readme.txt
+++ b/board/qemu/ppc64le-pseries/readme.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Run the emulation with:
 
-qemu-system-ppc64 -M pseries -cpu POWER8 -m 256 -kernel output/images/vmlinux -append "console=hvc0 rootwait root=/dev/sda" -drive file=output/images/rootfs.ext2,if=scsi,index=0,format=raw -serial stdio -display curses # qemu_ppc64le_pseries_defconfig
+qemu-system-ppc64 -M pseries,x-vof=on -cpu POWER8 -m 256 -kernel output/images/vmlinux -append "console=hvc0 rootwait root=/dev/sda" -drive file=output/images/rootfs.ext2,if=scsi,index=0,format=raw -serial stdio -display curses # qemu_ppc64le_pseries_defconfig
 
 The login prompt will appear in the terminal window.