diff --git a/Kconfig b/Kconfig
index 135794d..651a726 100644
--- a/Kconfig
+++ b/Kconfig
@@ -131,11 +131,11 @@ if IMAGE_FLASH && !KERNEL_4_4 && !KERNEL_4_19
 
 config IMAGE_SWUPDATE
 	bool "SWUpdate support for root partition"
-	depends on TARGET_QEMU_AMD64 || TARGET_SIMATIC_IPC227E
+	depends on TARGET_QEMU_AMD64 || TARGET_SIMATIC_IPC227E || TARGET_QEMU_ARM64
 
 config IMAGE_SECURE_BOOT
 	bool "Secure boot support"
-	depends on TARGET_QEMU_AMD64
+	depends on TARGET_QEMU_AMD64 || TARGET_QEMU_ARM64
 	select IMAGE_SWUPDATE
 
 config KAS_INCLUDE_SWUPDATE_SECBOOT
diff --git a/conf/machine/qemu-arm64.conf b/conf/machine/qemu-arm64.conf
index 0d21262..4e12cdb 100644
--- a/conf/machine/qemu-arm64.conf
+++ b/conf/machine/qemu-arm64.conf
@@ -11,3 +11,6 @@ DISTRO_ARCH = "arm64"
 IMAGE_FSTYPES ?= "ext4-img"
 USE_CIP_KERNEL_CONFIG = "1"
 KERNEL_DEFCONFIG ?= "cip-kernel-config/${KERNEL_DEFCONFIG_VERSION}/arm64/qemu_arm64_defconfig"
+
+# for SWUpdate setups: watchdog is configured in U-Boot
+WDOG_TIMEOUT = "0"
diff --git a/kas/opt/ebg-secure-boot-snakeoil.yml b/kas/opt/ebg-secure-boot-snakeoil.yml
index 7442eb7..3f2a794 100644
--- a/kas/opt/ebg-secure-boot-snakeoil.yml
+++ b/kas/opt/ebg-secure-boot-snakeoil.yml
@@ -32,3 +32,6 @@ local_conf_header:
     IMAGER_INSTALL += "ebg-secure-boot-signer"
     # Use snakeoil keys
     PREFERRED_PROVIDER_secure-boot-secrets = "secure-boot-snakeoil"
+
+  secureboot_override: |
+    OVERRIDES .= ":secureboot"
diff --git a/kas/opt/efibootguard.yml b/kas/opt/efibootguard.yml
index c71cdb3..d85aed7 100644
--- a/kas/opt/efibootguard.yml
+++ b/kas/opt/efibootguard.yml
@@ -27,10 +27,12 @@ local_conf_header:
     IMAGE_FSTYPES ?= "wic-img"
     WKS_FILE ?= "${MACHINE}-efibootguard.wks.in"
 
-  ovmf-binaries: |
+  firmware-binaries: |
     # Add ovmf binaries for qemu
     IMAGER_BUILD_DEPS_append_qemu-amd64 += "ovmf-binaries"
     # not needed for Debian 11 and later
     OVERRIDES_append_qemu-amd64 = ":${BASE_DISTRO_CODENAME}"
     DISTRO_APT_SOURCES_append_qemu-amd64_buster = " conf/distro/debian-buster-backports.list"
     DISTRO_APT_PREFERENCES_append_qemu-amd64_buster = " conf/distro/preferences.ovmf-snakeoil.conf"
+    # Add U-Boot for qemu
+    IMAGER_BUILD_DEPS_append_qemu-arm64 += "u-boot-qemu-arm64"
diff --git a/wic/qemu-arm64-efibootguard-secureboot.wks.in b/wic/qemu-arm64-efibootguard-secureboot.wks.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df6a9a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wic/qemu-arm64-efibootguard-secureboot.wks.in
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# EFI partition containing efibootguard bootloader binary
+include ebg-signed-bootloader.inc
+
+# EFI Boot Guard environment/config partitions plus Kernel files
+part --source efibootguard-boot --size 32M --extra-space 0 --overhead-factor 1 --label BOOT0 --align 1024 --part-type=0700 --sourceparams "revision=2,signwith=/usr/bin/sign_secure_image.sh"
+part --source efibootguard-boot --size 32M --extra-space 0 --overhead-factor 1 --label BOOT1 --align 1024 --part-type=0700 --sourceparams "revision=1,signwith=/usr/bin/sign_secure_image.sh"
+
+part --source rawcopy --sourceparams "file=${IMAGE_FULLNAME}.${VERITY_IMAGE_TYPE}.verity.img" --align 1024 --fixed-size 1G --uuid "fedcba98-7654-3210-cafe-5e0710000001"
+part --source rawcopy --sourceparams "file=${IMAGE_FULLNAME}.${VERITY_IMAGE_TYPE}.verity.img" --align 1024 --fixed-size 1G --uuid "fedcba98-7654-3210-cafe-5e0710000002"
+
+# home and var are extra partitions
+part /home --source rootfs --rootfs-dir=${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/home --fstype=ext4 --label home --align 1024 --size 1G
+part /var  --source rootfs --rootfs-dir=${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/var  --fstype=ext4 --label var  --align 1024 --size 2G
+
+bootloader --ptable gpt --append="panic=5"
diff --git a/wic/qemu-arm64-efibootguard.wks.in b/wic/qemu-arm64-efibootguard.wks.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a153205
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wic/qemu-arm64-efibootguard.wks.in
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# short-description: arm64 with EFI Boot Guard and SWUpdate
+# long-description: Disk image for arm64 machines with EFI Boot Guard and SWUpdate
+
+include ebg-sysparts.inc
+
+part --source rawcopy --sourceparams "file=${IMAGE_FULLNAME}.squashfs.img" --align 1024 --fixed-size 1G --uuid "fedcba98-7654-3210-cafe-5e0710000001"
+part --source rawcopy --sourceparams "file=${IMAGE_FULLNAME}.squashfs.img" --align 1024 --fixed-size 1G --uuid "fedcba98-7654-3210-cafe-5e0710000002"
+
+# home and var are extra partitions
+part /home --source rootfs --rootfs-dir=${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/home --fstype=ext4 --label home --align 1024  --size 1G
+part /var --source rootfs --rootfs-dir=${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/var --fstype=ext4 --label var --align 1024  --size 2G
+
+bootloader --ptable gpt
