diff --git a/kvm-manager b/kvm-manager
index 5edd95170a2257266350db215351db3a6e0ace5c..37caff9c3c8656454b21126dc6bb77def3189e91 100755
--- a/kvm-manager
+++ b/kvm-manager
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ up() {
         /usr/bin/kvm $KVMARGS \
         -smp "${SMP:-1}" \
         -nographic \
+        -L "${BIOS_PATH:-/usr/share/kvm/}" \
         -name "$VMNAME" \
         -m "$RAM" \
         -net nic,"macaddr=$MAC" \