diff --git a/hw/display/ramfb-standalone.c b/hw/display/ramfb-standalone.c
index 08f2d5db4e..82d8c69f89 100644
--- a/hw/display/ramfb-standalone.c
+++ b/hw/display/ramfb-standalone.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ struct RAMFBStandaloneState {
     QemuConsole *con;
     RAMFBState *state;
     bool migrate;
+    bool use_legacy_x86_rom;
 };
 
 static void display_update_wrapper(void *dev)
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ static void ramfb_realizefn(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     RAMFBStandaloneState *ramfb = RAMFB(dev);
 
     ramfb->con = graphic_console_init(dev, 0, &wrapper_ops, dev);
-    ramfb->state = ramfb_setup(errp);
+    ramfb->state = ramfb_setup(ramfb->use_legacy_x86_rom, errp);
 }
 
 static bool migrate_needed(void *opaque)
@@ -62,6 +63,8 @@ static const VMStateDescription ramfb_dev_vmstate = {
 
 static const Property ramfb_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("x-migrate", RAMFBStandaloneState, migrate,  true),
+    DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("use-legacy-x86-rom", RAMFBStandaloneState,
+                     use_legacy_x86_rom, true),
 };
 
 static void ramfb_class_initfn(ObjectClass *klass, const void *data)
diff --git a/hw/display/ramfb-stubs.c b/hw/display/ramfb-stubs.c
index cf64733b10..b83551357b 100644
--- a/hw/display/ramfb-stubs.c
+++ b/hw/display/ramfb-stubs.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ void ramfb_display_update(QemuConsole *con, RAMFBState *s)
 {
 }
 
-RAMFBState *ramfb_setup(Error **errp)
+RAMFBState *ramfb_setup(bool romfile, Error **errp)
 {
     error_setg(errp, "ramfb support not available");
     return NULL;
diff --git a/hw/display/ramfb.c b/hw/display/ramfb.c
index 8c0f907673..9a17d97d07 100644
--- a/hw/display/ramfb.c
+++ b/hw/display/ramfb.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ const VMStateDescription ramfb_vmstate = {
     }
 };
 
-RAMFBState *ramfb_setup(Error **errp)
+RAMFBState *ramfb_setup(bool romfile, Error **errp)
 {
     FWCfgState *fw_cfg = fw_cfg_find();
     RAMFBState *s;
@@ -147,7 +147,9 @@ RAMFBState *ramfb_setup(Error **errp)
 
     s = g_new0(RAMFBState, 1);
 
-    rom_add_vga("vgabios-ramfb.bin");
+    if (romfile) {
+        rom_add_vga("vgabios-ramfb.bin");
+    }
     fw_cfg_add_file_callback(fw_cfg, "etc/ramfb",
                              NULL, ramfb_fw_cfg_write, s,
                              &s->cfg, sizeof(s->cfg), false);
diff --git a/hw/vfio/display.c b/hw/vfio/display.c
index 9c6f5aa265..faacd9019a 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/display.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/display.c
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ static bool vfio_display_dmabuf_init(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev, Error **errp)
                                           &vfio_display_dmabuf_ops,
                                           vdev);
     if (vdev->enable_ramfb) {
-        vdev->dpy->ramfb = ramfb_setup(errp);
+        vdev->dpy->ramfb = ramfb_setup(vdev->use_legacy_x86_rom, errp);
         if (!vdev->dpy->ramfb) {
             return false;
         }
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ static bool vfio_display_region_init(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev, Error **errp)
                                           &vfio_display_region_ops,
                                           vdev);
     if (vdev->enable_ramfb) {
-        vdev->dpy->ramfb = ramfb_setup(errp);
+        vdev->dpy->ramfb = ramfb_setup(vdev->use_legacy_x86_rom, errp);
         if (!vdev->dpy->ramfb) {
             return false;
         }
diff --git a/hw/vfio/pci.c b/hw/vfio/pci.c
index 1093b28df7..0b969b3359 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/pci.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/pci.c
@@ -3809,6 +3809,8 @@ static const TypeInfo vfio_pci_dev_info = {
 
 static const Property vfio_pci_dev_nohotplug_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("ramfb", VFIOPCIDevice, enable_ramfb, false),
+    DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("use-legacy-x86-rom", VFIOPCIDevice,
+                     use_legacy_x86_rom, true),
     DEFINE_PROP_ON_OFF_AUTO("x-ramfb-migrate", VFIOPCIDevice, ramfb_migrate,
                             ON_OFF_AUTO_AUTO),
 };
diff --git a/hw/vfio/pci.h b/hw/vfio/pci.h
index 495fae737d..826db8c131 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/pci.h
+++ b/hw/vfio/pci.h
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ struct VFIOPCIDevice {
     bool no_kvm_ioeventfd;
     bool no_vfio_ioeventfd;
     bool enable_ramfb;
+    bool use_legacy_x86_rom;
     OnOffAuto ramfb_migrate;
     bool defer_kvm_irq_routing;
     bool clear_parent_atomics_on_exit;
diff --git a/include/hw/display/ramfb.h b/include/hw/display/ramfb.h
index a7e0019144..172aa6dc89 100644
--- a/include/hw/display/ramfb.h
+++ b/include/hw/display/ramfb.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 /* ramfb.c */
 typedef struct RAMFBState RAMFBState;
 void ramfb_display_update(QemuConsole *con, RAMFBState *s);
-RAMFBState *ramfb_setup(Error **errp);
+RAMFBState *ramfb_setup(bool romfile, Error **errp);
 
 extern const VMStateDescription ramfb_vmstate;