diff --git a/board/raspberrypi/genimage-raspberrypi0.cfg b/board/raspberrypi/genimage-raspberrypi0.cfg
index 1fa3f5096f..313f85f651 100644
--- a/board/raspberrypi/genimage-raspberrypi0.cfg
+++ b/board/raspberrypi/genimage-raspberrypi0.cfg
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ image boot.vfat {
 			"rpi-firmware/config.txt",
 			"rpi-firmware/fixup.dat",
 			"rpi-firmware/start.elf",
+			"rpi-firmware/overlays",
 			"zImage"
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/board/raspberrypi/genimage-raspberrypi2.cfg b/board/raspberrypi/genimage-raspberrypi2.cfg
index acd23e7ca8..dad9275537 100644
--- a/board/raspberrypi/genimage-raspberrypi2.cfg
+++ b/board/raspberrypi/genimage-raspberrypi2.cfg
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ image boot.vfat {
 			"rpi-firmware/config.txt",
 			"rpi-firmware/fixup.dat",
 			"rpi-firmware/start.elf",
+			"rpi-firmware/overlays",
 			"zImage"
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/board/raspberrypi/post-build.sh b/board/raspberrypi/post-build.sh
index 5e5eb71100..b24256fcea 100755
--- a/board/raspberrypi/post-build.sh
+++ b/board/raspberrypi/post-build.sh
@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@ if [ -e ${TARGET_DIR}/etc/inittab ]; then
 	sed -i '/GENERIC_SERIAL/a\
 tty1::respawn:/sbin/getty -L  tty1 0 vt100 # HDMI console' ${TARGET_DIR}/etc/inittab
 fi
+
+# exnsure overlays exists for genimage
+mkdir -p "${BINARIES_DIR}/rpi-firmware/overlays"