diff --git a/subiquity/server/server.py b/subiquity/server/server.py
index 999d5fed..1cadce59 100644
--- a/subiquity/server/server.py
+++ b/subiquity/server/server.py
@@ -574,10 +574,11 @@ class SubiquityServer(Application):
 
     def select_autoinstall(self):
         # precedence
-        # 1. autoinstall at root of drive
-        # 2. command line argument autoinstall
-        # 3. autoinstall supplied by cloud config
-        # 4. autoinstall baked into the iso, found at /cdrom/autoinstall.yaml
+        # 1. command line argument autoinstall
+        # 2. kernel command line argument subiquity.autoinstallpath
+        # 3. autoinstall at root of drive
+        # 4. autoinstall supplied by cloud config
+        # 5. autoinstall baked into the iso, found at /cdrom/autoinstall.yaml
 
         # if opts.autoinstall is set and empty, that means
         # autoinstall has been explicitly disabled.
@@ -588,9 +589,12 @@ class SubiquityServer(Application):
         ):
             raise Exception(f"Autoinstall argument {self.opts.autoinstall} not found")
 
+        kernel_install_path = self.kernel_cmdline.get("subiquity.autoinstallpath", None)
+
         locations = (
-            self.base_relative(root_autoinstall_path),
             self.opts.autoinstall,
+            kernel_install_path,
+            self.base_relative(root_autoinstall_path),
             self.base_relative(cloud_autoinstall_path),
             self.base_relative(iso_autoinstall_path),
         )
diff --git a/subiquity/server/tests/test_server.py b/subiquity/server/tests/test_server.py
index 363e506f..60c40280 100644
--- a/subiquity/server/tests/test_server.py
+++ b/subiquity/server/tests/test_server.py
@@ -54,31 +54,46 @@ class TestAutoinstallLoad(SubiTestCase):
         return path
 
     def test_autoinstall_disabled(self):
+        self.server.opts.autoinstall = ""
+        self.server.kernel_cmdline = {"subiquity.autoinstallpath": "kernel"}
         self.create(root_autoinstall_path, "root")
         self.create(cloud_autoinstall_path, "cloud")
         self.create(iso_autoinstall_path, "iso")
-        self.server.opts.autoinstall = ""
         self.assertIsNone(self.server.select_autoinstall())
 
-    def test_root_wins(self):
-        root = self.create(root_autoinstall_path, "root")
-        autoinstall = self.create(self.path("arg.autoinstall.yaml"), "arg")
-        self.server.opts.autoinstall = autoinstall
-        self.create(cloud_autoinstall_path, "cloud")
-        self.create(iso_autoinstall_path, "iso")
-        self.assertEqual(root, self.server.select_autoinstall())
-        self.assert_contents(root, "root")
-
     def test_arg_wins(self):
-        root = self.path(root_autoinstall_path)
         arg = self.create(self.path("arg.autoinstall.yaml"), "arg")
         self.server.opts.autoinstall = arg
+        kernel = self.create(self.path("kernel.autoinstall.yaml"), "kernel")
+        self.server.kernel_cmdline = {"subiquity.autoinstallpath": kernel}
+        root = self.create(root_autoinstall_path, "root")
         self.create(cloud_autoinstall_path, "cloud")
         self.create(iso_autoinstall_path, "iso")
         self.assertEqual(root, self.server.select_autoinstall())
         self.assert_contents(root, "arg")
 
+    def test_kernel_wins(self):
+        self.server.opts.autoinstall = None
+        kernel = self.create(self.path("kernel.autoinstall.yaml"), "kernel")
+        self.server.kernel_cmdline = {"subiquity.autoinstallpath": kernel}
+        root = self.create(root_autoinstall_path, "root")
+        self.create(cloud_autoinstall_path, "cloud")
+        self.create(iso_autoinstall_path, "iso")
+        self.assertEqual(root, self.server.select_autoinstall())
+        self.assert_contents(root, "kernel")
+
+    def test_root_wins(self):
+        self.server.opts.autoinstall = None
+        self.server.kernel_cmdline = {}
+        root = self.create(root_autoinstall_path, "root")
+        self.create(cloud_autoinstall_path, "cloud")
+        self.create(iso_autoinstall_path, "iso")
+        self.assertEqual(root, self.server.select_autoinstall())
+        self.assert_contents(root, "root")
+
     def test_cloud_wins(self):
+        self.server.opts.autoinstall = None
+        self.server.kernel_cmdline = {}
         root = self.path(root_autoinstall_path)
         self.create(cloud_autoinstall_path, "cloud")
         self.create(iso_autoinstall_path, "iso")
@@ -86,7 +101,10 @@ class TestAutoinstallLoad(SubiTestCase):
         self.assert_contents(root, "cloud")
 
     def test_iso_wins(self):
+        self.server.opts.autoinstall = None
+        self.server.kernel_cmdline = {}
         root = self.path(root_autoinstall_path)
+        # No cloud config file
         self.create(iso_autoinstall_path, "iso")
         self.assertEqual(root, self.server.select_autoinstall())
         self.assert_contents(root, "iso")