diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/qemux86-64.conf b/meta/conf/machine/qemux86-64.conf
index 755972489f..3117ca1a5b 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/qemux86-64.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/qemux86-64.conf
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@ MACHINE_FEATURES += "x86"
 
 MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS += "v86d"
 
-WKS_FILE = "directdisk.wks"
+WKS_FILE ?= "directdisk.wks"
 do_image_wic[depends] += "syslinux:do_build syslinux-native:do_populate_sysroot mtools-native:do_populate_sysroot dosfstools-native:do_populate_sysroot"
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/wic.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/wic.py
index faac11e216..e652fad24a 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/wic.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/wic.py
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ class Wic(oeSelfTest):
     def setUpLocal(self):
         """This code is executed before each test method."""
         self.write_config('IMAGE_FSTYPES += " hddimg"\n'
-                          'MACHINE_FEATURES_append = " efi"\n')
+                          'MACHINE_FEATURES_append = " efi"\n'
+                          'WKS_FILE = "wic-image-minimal"\n')
 
         # Do this here instead of in setUpClass as the base setUp does some
         # clean up which can result in the native tools built earlier in