diff --git a/meta/classes/initramfs.bbclass b/meta/classes/initramfs.bbclass
index a5141a53..183d1933 100644
--- a/meta/classes/initramfs.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/initramfs.bbclass
@@ -2,16 +2,19 @@
 
 # Make workdir and stamps machine-specific without changing common PN target
 WORKDIR = "${TMPDIR}/work/${DISTRO}-${DISTRO_ARCH}/${PN}-${MACHINE}/${PV}-${PR}"
+DEPLOYDIR = "${WORKDIR}/deploy"
 STAMP = "${STAMPS_DIR}/${DISTRO}-${DISTRO_ARCH}/${PN}-${MACHINE}/${PV}-${PR}"
 STAMPCLEAN = "${STAMPS_DIR}/${DISTRO}-${DISTRO_ARCH}/${PN}-${MACHINE}/*-*"
 
 # Sstate also needs to be machine-specific
 SSTATE_MANIFESTS = "${TMPDIR}/sstate-control/${MACHINE}-${DISTRO}-${DISTRO_ARCH}"
+SSTATETASKS += "do_generate_initramfs"
 
 INITRAMFS_INSTALL ?= ""
 INITRAMFS_PREINSTALL ?= ""
 INITRAMFS_ROOTFS ?= "${WORKDIR}/rootfs"
-INITRAMFS_IMAGE_FILE = "${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${INITRAMFS_FULLNAME}.initrd.img"
+INITRAMFS_IMAGE_NAME = "${INITRAMFS_FULLNAME}.initrd.img"
+INITRAMFS_IMAGE_FILE = "${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${INITRAMFS_IMAGE_NAME}"
 
 # Install proper kernel
 INITRAMFS_INSTALL += "${@ ("linux-image-" + d.getVar("KERNEL_NAME", True)) if d.getVar("KERNEL_NAME", True) else ""}"
@@ -27,8 +30,10 @@ ROOTFS_PACKAGES = "initramfs-tools ${INITRAMFS_PREINSTALL} ${INITRAMFS_INSTALL}"
 
 inherit rootfs
 
-do_generate_initramfs[dirs] = "${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}"
 do_generate_initramfs[network] = "${TASK_USE_SUDO}"
+do_generate_initramfs[cleandirs] += "${DEPLOYDIR}"
+do_generate_initramfs[sstate-inputdirs] = "${DEPLOYDIR}"
+do_generate_initramfs[sstate-outputdirs] = "${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}"
 do_generate_initramfs() {
     rootfs_do_mounts
     rootfs_do_qemu
@@ -44,8 +49,11 @@ do_generate_initramfs() {
     if [ ! -e "${INITRAMFS_ROOTFS}/initrd.img" ]; then
         die "No initramfs was found after generation!"
     fi
-
-    rm -rf "${INITRAMFS_IMAGE_FILE}"
-    cp "${INITRAMFS_ROOTFS}/initrd.img" "${INITRAMFS_IMAGE_FILE}"
+    cp ${INITRAMFS_ROOTFS}/initrd.img ${DEPLOYDIR}/${INITRAMFS_IMAGE_NAME}
 }
 addtask generate_initramfs after do_rootfs before do_build
+
+python do_generate_initramfs_setscene () {
+    sstate_setscene(d)
+}
+addtask do_generate_initramfs_setscene