diff --git a/kexec-bootloader b/kexec-bootloader
index 595ad33..f06e6a5 100644
--- a/kexec-bootloader
+++ b/kexec-bootloader
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ if ($initrd && ! -f $initrd) {
 my $cmd = "kexec";
 
 # append image
-$cmd .= " -l '" . $image . "'";
+$cmd .= " -a -l '" . $image . "'";
 
 # append initrd if available
 if ($initrd) {
diff --git a/kexec-tools.changes b/kexec-tools.changes
index eb5e8e8..3baf53f 100644
--- a/kexec-tools.changes
+++ b/kexec-tools.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Feb 23 15:01:24 UTC 2023 - Michal Suchanek <msuchanek@suse.com>
+
+- kexec-bootloader: Add -a argument to load using kexec_load_file() when available (boo#1202820).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Feb  2 13:45:39 UTC 2023 - Petr Tesařík <petr@tesarici.cz>