diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/esxi7/profiles/hypervisor/profile.yaml b/confluent_osdeploy/esxi7/profiles/hypervisor/profile.yaml
index 0ec9814c..b9c84687 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/esxi7/profiles/hypervisor/profile.yaml
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/esxi7/profiles/hypervisor/profile.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 label: VMware ESXi %%VERSION%% Hypervisor
 ostype: esxi
+kernelargs: runweasel