diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 91ca157..4c7882e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,64 +19,7 @@ and `rpi/config.nix`. The other modules are mostly wrappers that set
 
 ## Example
 
-See the `rpi-example` config in this flake for a CI-checked example.
-
-```nix
-{
-  description = "raspberry-pi-nix example";
-  inputs = {
-    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-24.05";
-    raspberry-pi-nix.url = "github:nix-community/raspberry-pi-nix";
-  };
-
-  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, raspberry-pi-nix }:
-    let
-      inherit (nixpkgs.lib) nixosSystem;
-      basic-config = { pkgs, lib, ... }: {
-        # bcm2711 for rpi 3, 3+, 4, zero 2 w
-        # bcm2712 for rpi 5
-        # See the docs at:
-        # https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/linux_kernel.html#native-build-configuration
-        raspberry-pi-nix.board = "bcm2711";
-        time.timeZone = "America/New_York";
-        users.users.root.initialPassword = "root";
-        networking = {
-          hostName = "basic-example";
-          useDHCP = false;
-          interfaces = {
-            wlan0.useDHCP = true;
-            eth0.useDHCP = true;
-          };
-        };
-        hardware = {
-          bluetooth.enable = true;
-          raspberry-pi = {
-            config = {
-              all = {
-                base-dt-params = {
-                  # enable autoprobing of bluetooth driver
-                  # https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/blob/c8c99191e1419062ac8b668956d19e788865912a/arch/arm/boot/dts/overlays/README#L222-L224
-                  krnbt = {
-                    enable = true;
-                    value = "on";
-                  };
-                };
-              };
-            };
-          };
-        };
-      };
-
-    in {
-      nixosConfigurations = {
-        rpi-example = nixosSystem {
-          system = "aarch64-linux";
-          modules = [ raspberry-pi-nix.nixosModules.raspberry-pi basic-config ];
-        };
-      };
-    };
-}
-```
+See the `rpi-example` config in this flake for an example config built by CI.
 
 ## Using the provided cache to avoid compiling linux
 This repo uses the raspberry pi linux kernel fork, and compiling linux takes a
@@ -87,10 +30,10 @@ to use this cache.
 
 ## Building an sd-card image
 
-An image suitable for flashing to an sd-card can be found at the
-attribute `config.system.build.sdImage`. For example, if you wanted to
-build an image for `rpi-example` in the above configuration
-example you could run:
+Include the provided `sd-image` nixos module this flake provides, then an image
+suitable for flashing to an sd-card can be found at the attribute
+`config.system.build.sdImage`. For example, if you wanted to build an image for
+`rpi-example` in the above configuration example you could run:
 
 ```
 nix build '.#nixosConfigurations.rpi-example.config.system.build.sdImage'
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index ed8be8e..c0acdc3 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -53,15 +53,18 @@
         core = import ./overlays (builtins.removeAttrs srcs [ "self" ]);
         libcamera = import ./overlays/libcamera.nix (builtins.removeAttrs srcs [ "self" ]);
       };
-      nixosModules.raspberry-pi = import ./rpi {
-        inherit pinned;
-        core-overlay = self.overlays.core;
-        libcamera-overlay = self.overlays.libcamera;
+      nixosModules = {
+        raspberry-pi = import ./rpi {
+          inherit pinned;
+          core-overlay = self.overlays.core;
+          libcamera-overlay = self.overlays.libcamera;
+        };
+        sd-image = import ./sd-image;
       };
       nixosConfigurations = {
         rpi-example = srcs.nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
           system = "aarch64-linux";
-          modules = [ self.nixosModules.raspberry-pi ./example ];
+          modules = [ self.nixosModules.raspberry-pi self.nixosModules.sd-image ./example ];
         };
       };
       checks.aarch64-linux = self.packages.aarch64-linux;
diff --git a/rpi/default.nix b/rpi/default.nix
index c5a9d49..5900692 100644
--- a/rpi/default.nix
+++ b/rpi/default.nix
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ let
   version = cfg.kernel-version;
   board = cfg.board;
   kernel = config.system.build.kernel;
+  initrd = "${config.system.build.initialRamdisk}/${config.system.boot.loader.initrdFile}";
 in
 {
-  imports = [ ../sd-image ./config.nix ./i2c.nix ];
+  imports = [ ./config.nix ./i2c.nix ];
 
   options = with lib; {
     raspberry-pi-nix = {
@@ -25,6 +26,11 @@ in
           without the _defconfig part.
         '';
       };
+      firmware-partition-label = mkOption {
+        default = "FIRMWARE";
+        type = types.str;
+        description = "label of rpi firmware partition";
+      };
       pin-inputs = {
         enable = mkOption {
           default = true;
@@ -93,7 +99,7 @@ in
             {
               Type = "oneshot";
               MountImages =
-                "/dev/disk/by-label/${config.sdImage.firmwarePartitionName}:${firmware-path}";
+                "/dev/disk/by-label/${cfg.firmware-partition-label}:${firmware-path}";
               StateDirectory = "raspberrypi-firmware";
               ExecStart = pkgs.writeShellScript "migrate-rpi-firmware" ''
                 shopt -s nullglob
@@ -101,7 +107,7 @@ in
                 TARGET_FIRMWARE_DIR="${firmware-path}"
                 TARGET_OVERLAYS_DIR="$TARGET_FIRMWARE_DIR/overlays"
                 TMPFILE="$TARGET_FIRMWARE_DIR/tmp"
-                KERNEL="${kernel}/Image"
+                KERNEL="${kernel}/${config.system.boot.loader.kernelFile}"
                 SHOULD_UBOOT=${if cfg.uboot.enable then "1" else "0"}
                 SRC_FIRMWARE_DIR="${pkgs.raspberrypifw}/share/raspberrypi/boot"
                 STARTFILES=("$SRC_FIRMWARE_DIR"/start*.elf)
@@ -130,6 +136,8 @@ in
                   touch "$STATE_DIRECTORY/kernel-migration-in-progress"
                   cp "$KERNEL" "$TMPFILE"
                   mv -T "$TMPFILE" "$TARGET_FIRMWARE_DIR/kernel.img"
+                  cp "${initrd}" "$TMPFILE"
+                  mv -T "$TMPFILE" "$TARGET_FIRMWARE_DIR/initrd"
                   echo "${
                     builtins.toString kernel
                   }" > "$STATE_DIRECTORY/kernel-version"
@@ -243,6 +251,14 @@ in
             enable = true;
             value = if cfg.uboot.enable then "u-boot-rpi-arm64.bin" else "kernel.img";
           };
+          ramfsfile = {
+            enable = !cfg.uboot.enable;
+            value = "initrd";
+          };
+          ramfsaddr = {
+            enable = !cfg.uboot.enable;
+            value = -1;
+          };
           arm_64bit = {
             enable = true;
             value = true;
@@ -304,14 +320,9 @@ in
       kernelParams =
         if cfg.uboot.enable then [ ]
         else [
-          # This is ugly and fragile, but the sdImage image has an msdos
-          # table, so the partition table id is a 1-indexed hex
-          # number. So, we drop the hex prefix and stick on a "02" to
-          # refer to the root partition.
-          "root=PARTUUID=${lib.strings.removePrefix "0x" config.sdImage.firmwarePartitionID}-02"
-          "rootfstype=ext4"
-          "fsck.repair=yes"
-          "rootwait"
+          "console=tty1"
+          # https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/issues/1539#issuecomment-784498108
+          "console=serial0,115200n8"
           "init=/sbin/init"
         ];
       initrd = {
diff --git a/sd-image/default.nix b/sd-image/default.nix
index 212634d..b845de3 100644
--- a/sd-image/default.nix
+++ b/sd-image/default.nix
@@ -8,8 +8,16 @@
 
     boot.consoleLogLevel = lib.mkDefault 7;
 
-    # https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/issues/1539#issuecomment-784498108
-    boot.kernelParams = [ "console=serial0,115200n8" "console=tty1" ];
+    boot.kernelParams = [
+      # This is ugly and fragile, but the sdImage image has an msdos
+      # table, so the partition table id is a 1-indexed hex
+      # number. So, we drop the hex prefix and stick on a "02" to
+      # refer to the root partition.
+      "root=PARTUUID=${lib.strings.removePrefix "0x" config.sdImage.firmwarePartitionID}-02"
+      "rootfstype=ext4"
+      "fsck.repair=yes"
+      "rootwait"
+    ];
 
     sdImage =
       let
@@ -22,14 +30,16 @@
         cfg = config.raspberry-pi-nix;
         version = cfg.kernel-version;
         board = cfg.board;
-        kernel = config.system.build.kernel;
+        kernel = "${config.system.build.kernel}/${config.system.boot.loader.kernelFile}";
+        initrd = "${config.system.build.initialRamdisk}/${config.system.boot.loader.initrdFile}";
         populate-kernel =
           if cfg.uboot.enable
           then ''
             cp ${cfg.uboot.package}/u-boot.bin firmware/u-boot-rpi-arm64.bin
           ''
           else ''
-            cp "${kernel}/Image" firmware/kernel.img
+            cp "${kernel}" firmware/kernel.img
+            cp "${initrd}" firmware/initrd
             cp "${kernel-params}" firmware/cmdline.txt
           '';
       in
diff --git a/sd-image/sd-image.nix b/sd-image/sd-image.nix
index 9ca69d8..60eedfc 100644
--- a/sd-image/sd-image.nix
+++ b/sd-image/sd-image.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ let
   } // optionalAttrs (config.sdImage.rootPartitionUUID != null) {
     uuid = config.sdImage.rootPartitionUUID;
   });
-in {
+in
+{
   imports = [ ];
 
   options.sdImage = {
@@ -82,14 +83,6 @@ in {
       '';
     };
 
-    firmwarePartitionName = mkOption {
-      type = types.str;
-      default = "FIRMWARE";
-      description = ''
-        Name of the filesystem which holds the boot firmware.
-      '';
-    };
-
     rootPartitionUUID = mkOption {
       type = types.nullOr types.str;
       default = null;
@@ -160,7 +153,7 @@ in {
   config = {
     fileSystems = {
       "/boot/firmware" = {
-        device = "/dev/disk/by-label/${config.sdImage.firmwarePartitionName}";
+        device = "/dev/disk/by-label/${config.raspberry-pi-nix.firmware-partition-label}";
         fsType = "vfat";
       };
       "/" = {
@@ -226,7 +219,7 @@ in {
             # Create a FAT32 /boot/firmware partition of suitable size into firmware_part.img
             eval $(partx $img -o START,SECTORS --nr 1 --pairs)
             truncate -s $((SECTORS * 512)) firmware_part.img
-            faketime "1970-01-01 00:00:00" mkfs.vfat -i ${config.sdImage.firmwarePartitionID} -n ${config.sdImage.firmwarePartitionName} firmware_part.img
+            faketime "1970-01-01 00:00:00" mkfs.vfat -i ${config.sdImage.firmwarePartitionID} -n ${config.raspberry-pi-nix.firmware-partition-label} firmware_part.img
 
             # Populate the files intended for /boot/firmware
             mkdir firmware
@@ -244,7 +237,8 @@ in {
                 zstd -T$NIX_BUILD_CORES --rm $img
             fi
           '';
-        }) { };
+        })
+      { };
 
     boot.postBootCommands = lib.mkIf config.sdImage.expandOnBoot ''
       # On the first boot do some maintenance tasks