diff --git a/qemu.ts b/qemu.ts
index c95deb1..1ecdbd9 100644
--- a/qemu.ts
+++ b/qemu.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ import { Kernel } from "./kernel.js";
 export async function runQemu(
   squashfs: string,
   kernel: Kernel,
-  { graphic }: { graphic: boolean } = { graphic: true }
+  { graphic, noShutdown }: { graphic: boolean; noShutdown: boolean } = {
+    graphic: true,
+    noShutdown: false,
+  }
 ) {
   const tmp = await mkdtemp(path.join(tmpdir(), "define-alpine-qemu-"));
   try {
@@ -28,6 +31,7 @@ export async function runQemu(
       kernelAppend.push("console=ttyS0");
       qemuAppend.push("-nographic");
     }
+    if (noShutdown) qemuAppend.push("-no-shutdown");
 
     // sudo chown root:$(id -u) -R boot/ && sudo chmod g+rw -R boot/
     await execFile("qemu-system-x86_64", [
@@ -49,7 +53,6 @@ export async function runQemu(
       "-append",
       kernelAppend.join(" "),
       ...qemuAppend,
-      "-no-shutdown",
     ]);
     // -append "root=/dev/sda rootfstype=squashfs modules=ext4 quiet init=/sbin/runit-init $append" $qemuappend
   } finally {