diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index 2244453..8f460b4 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -976,11 +976,14 @@
 
 INTERNAL_INIT_BOOT_IMAGE_ARGS :=
 
-ifneq ($(BOARD_BUILD_SYSTEM_ROOT_IMAGE),true)
-  ifneq ($(BUILDING_INIT_BOOT_IMAGE),true)
-    INTERNAL_BOOTIMAGE_ARGS += --ramdisk $(INSTALLED_RAMDISK_TARGET)
-  else
-    INTERNAL_INIT_BOOT_IMAGE_ARGS += --ramdisk $(INSTALLED_RAMDISK_TARGET)
+# TODO(b/229701033): clean up BOARD_BUILD_GKI_BOOT_IMAGE_WITHOUT_RAMDISK.
+ifneq ($(BOARD_BUILD_GKI_BOOT_IMAGE_WITHOUT_RAMDISK),true)
+  ifneq ($(BOARD_BUILD_SYSTEM_ROOT_IMAGE),true)
+    ifneq ($(BUILDING_INIT_BOOT_IMAGE),true)
+      INTERNAL_BOOTIMAGE_ARGS += --ramdisk $(INSTALLED_RAMDISK_TARGET)
+    else
+      INTERNAL_INIT_BOOT_IMAGE_ARGS += --ramdisk $(INSTALLED_RAMDISK_TARGET)
+    endif
   endif
 endif
 
@@ -2009,6 +2012,8 @@
     $(hide) echo "recovery_as_boot=true" >> $(1))
 $(if $(filter true,$(BOARD_BUILD_SYSTEM_ROOT_IMAGE)),\
     $(hide) echo "system_root_image=true" >> $(1))
+$(if $(filter true,$(BOARD_BUILD_GKI_BOOT_IMAGE_WITHOUT_RAMDISK)),\
+    $(hide) echo "gki_boot_image_without_ramdisk=true" >> $(1))
 $(hide) echo "root_dir=$(TARGET_ROOT_OUT)" >> $(1)
 $(if $(filter true,$(PRODUCT_USE_DYNAMIC_PARTITION_SIZE)),\
     $(hide) echo "use_dynamic_partition_size=true" >> $(1))