diff --git a/buildroot-external/board/rpi3/post-image.sh b/buildroot-external/board/rpi3/post-image.sh
index 6f40e1083..c34b8f1d6 100755
--- a/buildroot-external/board/rpi3/post-image.sh
+++ b/buildroot-external/board/rpi3/post-image.sh
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ cp -r ${BINARIES_DIR}/rpi-firmware/overlays ${BOOT_DATA}/
     echo "dtparam=audio=on"
 ) > ${BOOT_DATA}/config.txt
 
+touch ${BOOT_DATA}/cmdline.txt
 
 # Create other layers
 create_boot_image ${BINARIES_DIR}