diff --git a/pkg/instance/start.go b/pkg/instance/start.go
index 3114ec1b361..418fafaa958 100644
--- a/pkg/instance/start.go
+++ b/pkg/instance/start.go
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ func Prepare(ctx context.Context, inst *limatype.Instance) (*Prepared, error) {
 	kernel := filepath.Join(inst.Dir, filenames.Kernel)
 	kernelCmdline := filepath.Join(inst.Dir, filenames.KernelCmdline)
 	initrd := filepath.Join(inst.Dir, filenames.Initrd)
+	entrypoint := filepath.Join(inst.Dir, filenames.Entrypoint)
+	stopsignal := filepath.Join(inst.Dir, filenames.StopSignal)
 	if _, err := os.Stat(baseDisk); errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
 		var ensuredBaseDisk bool
 		errs := make([]error, len(inst.Config.Images))
@@ -102,6 +104,18 @@ func Prepare(ctx context.Context, inst *limatype.Instance) (*Prepared, error) {
 					continue
 				}
 			}
+			if f.Entrypoint != nil {
+				if err := os.WriteFile(entrypoint, []byte(*f.Entrypoint), 0o644); err != nil {
+					errs[i] = err
+					continue
+				}
+			}
+			if f.Stopsignal != nil {
+				if err := os.WriteFile(stopsignal, []byte(*f.Stopsignal), 0o644); err != nil {
+					errs[i] = err
+					continue
+				}
+			}
 			ensuredBaseDisk = true
 			break
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/limatype/filenames/filenames.go b/pkg/limatype/filenames/filenames.go
index a8459d77888..43ca391cfae 100644
--- a/pkg/limatype/filenames/filenames.go
+++ b/pkg/limatype/filenames/filenames.go
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ const (
 	Kernel                  = "kernel"
 	KernelCmdline           = "kernel.cmdline"
 	Initrd                  = "initrd"
+	Entrypoint              = "entrypoint"
+	StopSignal              = "stopsignal"
 	QMPSock                 = "qmp.sock"
 	SerialLog               = "serial.log" // default serial (ttyS0, but ttyAMA0 on qemu-system-{arm,aarch64})
 	SerialSock              = "serial.sock"
diff --git a/pkg/limatype/lima_yaml.go b/pkg/limatype/lima_yaml.go
index 367f5bc9887..1840b56f5fe 100644
--- a/pkg/limatype/lima_yaml.go
+++ b/pkg/limatype/lima_yaml.go
@@ -146,9 +146,11 @@ type Kernel struct {
 }
 
 type Image struct {
-	File   `yaml:",inline"`
-	Kernel *Kernel `yaml:"kernel,omitempty" json:"kernel,omitempty"`
-	Initrd *File   `yaml:"initrd,omitempty" json:"initrd,omitempty"`
+	File       `yaml:",inline"`
+	Kernel     *Kernel `yaml:"kernel,omitempty" json:"kernel,omitempty"`
+	Initrd     *File   `yaml:"initrd,omitempty" json:"initrd,omitempty"`
+	Entrypoint *string `yaml:"entrypoint,omitempty" json:"entrypoint,omitempty"`
+	Stopsignal *string `yaml:"stopsignal,omitempty" json:"stopsignal,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type Disk struct {
diff --git a/website/content/en/docs/dev/internals.md b/website/content/en/docs/dev/internals.md
index 559f9ed75bd..445a0bad34e 100644
--- a/website/content/en/docs/dev/internals.md
+++ b/website/content/en/docs/dev/internals.md
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ kernel:
 - `kernel.cmdline`: the kernel cmdline
 - `initrd`: the initrd
 
+container:
+- `entrypoint`: the entrypoint to use (optional)
+- `stopsignal`: the stopsignal to use (optional)
+
 QEMU:
 - `qemu.pid`: QEMU PID
 - `qmp.sock`: QMP socket