diff --git a/tools/hvisor.c b/tools/hvisor.c
index 101717c0..7a035f37 100644
--- a/tools/hvisor.c
+++ b/tools/hvisor.c
@@ -857,6 +857,25 @@ static int zone_start_from_json(const char *json_config_path,
 #ifndef X86_64
     config->dtb_size = load_image_to_memory(dtb_filepath_json->valuestring,
                                             config->dtb_load_paddr);
+
+    // Load initramfs if configured (architecture-independent)
+    const cJSON *const initramfs_filepath_json =
+        SAFE_CJSON_GET_OBJECT_ITEM(root, "initramfs_filepath");
+    const cJSON *const initramfs_load_paddr_json =
+        SAFE_CJSON_GET_OBJECT_ITEM(root, "initramfs_load_paddr");
+    if (initramfs_filepath_json != NULL && initramfs_load_paddr_json != NULL) {
+        uintptr_t initramfs_load_paddr;
+        if (parse_json_address(initramfs_load_paddr_json,
+                               &initramfs_load_paddr) != 0) {
+            log_error("Failed to parse initramfs_load_paddr");
+            goto err_out;
+        }
+        __u64 initramfs_size = load_image_to_memory(
+            initramfs_filepath_json->valuestring, initramfs_load_paddr);
+        log_info("Loaded initramfs (%s) to 0x%" PRIxPTR ", size: %llu bytes",
+                 initramfs_filepath_json->valuestring, initramfs_load_paddr,
+                 initramfs_size);
+    }
 #endif
 
     log_info("Kernel size: %llu, DTB size: %llu", config->kernel_size,