diff --git a/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/genericarm64.conf b/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/genericarm64.conf
index 83f1aca137..7c4c76ffe0 100644
--- a/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/genericarm64.conf
+++ b/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/genericarm64.conf
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #@TYPE: Machine
 #@NAME: genericarm64
-#@DESCRIPTION: Generic Arm64 machine for typical SystemReady platforms, which
+#@DESCRIPTION: Generic Arm64 machine for typical SystemReady IR/ES platforms, which
 #have working firmware and boot via EFI.
 
 require conf/machine/include/arm/arch-armv8a.inc
@@ -10,15 +10,17 @@ DEFAULTTUNE = "armv8a-crc"
 
 MACHINE_FEATURES = "acpi alsa bluetooth efi keyboard pci qemu-usermode rtc screen usbhost vfat wifi"
 
-# Install all the kernel modules and all the firmware
-MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS += "kernel-modules linux-firmware"
-
 KERNEL_IMAGETYPE = "Image"
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel ?= "linux-yocto"
 
-# Use an initramfs and populate it with the kernel modules
+# Install all the kernel modules into the rootfs
+MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS += "kernel-modules"
+# Install selected pieces of firmware
+MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS += "linux-firmware-wl12xx linux-firmware-wl18xx linux-firmware-rtl-nic"
+
+# Use an initramfs and populate it with the kernel modules and key firmware
 INITRAMFS_IMAGE ?= "core-image-initramfs-boot"
-PACKAGE_INSTALL:append:pn-core-image-initramfs-boot = " kernel-modules"
+PACKAGE_INSTALL:append:pn-core-image-initramfs-boot = " ${MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS}"
 
 IMAGE_FSTYPES ?= "wic"
 WKS_FILE ?= "genericarm64.wks.in"