diff --git a/src/image-metal.ks b/src/image-metal.ks
index 09523180aa..60c172711f 100644
--- a/src/image-metal.ks
+++ b/src/image-metal.ks
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # If you add something here, also update image-cloud.ks.
+# ignition.platform.id=metal is from https://github.com/coreos/fedora-coreos-tracker/issues/142
 # prjquota is for quota enablement for containers: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1658386
 # rw and $ignition_firstboot are used by https://github.com/coreos/ignition-dracut/
-bootloader --append="rootflags=defaults,prjquota rw $ignition_firstboot"
+bootloader --append="ignition.platform.id=metal rootflags=defaults,prjquota rw $ignition_firstboot"