diff --git a/boards/x86/qemu/qemu-i486/configs/nsh/defconfig b/boards/x86/qemu/qemu-i486/configs/nsh/defconfig
index 2d9696102bf..c45e59fa84b 100644
--- a/boards/x86/qemu/qemu-i486/configs/nsh/defconfig
+++ b/boards/x86/qemu/qemu-i486/configs/nsh/defconfig
@@ -27,12 +27,15 @@ CONFIG_BOOT_RUNFROMEXTSRAM=y
 CONFIG_BUILTIN=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_FULLOPT=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=y
+CONFIG_ETC_ROMFS=y
 CONFIG_EXAMPLES_HELLO=y
+CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
 CONFIG_FS_FAT=y
 CONFIG_FS_PROCFS=y
 CONFIG_FS_ROMFS=y
 CONFIG_IDLETHREAD_STACKSIZE=2048
-CONFIG_INIT_ENTRYPOINT="nsh_main"
+CONFIG_INIT_ENTRYPOINT="init_main"
+CONFIG_LIBC_EXECFUNCS=y
 CONFIG_LINE_MAX=64
 CONFIG_NSH_BUILTIN_APPS=y
 CONFIG_NSH_DISABLE_IFUPDOWN=y
@@ -42,9 +45,12 @@ CONFIG_PTHREAD_MUTEX_TYPES=y
 CONFIG_RAM_SIZE=1048576
 CONFIG_RAM_START=0x00100000
 CONFIG_READLINE_CMD_HISTORY=y
+CONFIG_SCHED_CHILD_STATUS=y
+CONFIG_SCHED_HAVE_PARENT=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_WAITPID=y
 CONFIG_START_DAY=3
 CONFIG_START_MONTH=3
 CONFIG_START_YEAR=2011
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_NSH=y
+CONFIG_SYSTEM_NXINIT=y
 CONFIG_TESTING_OSTEST=y
diff --git a/boards/x86/qemu/qemu-i486/configs/vga_fb/defconfig b/boards/x86/qemu/qemu-i486/configs/vga_fb/defconfig
index 6be9f88641b..536c0e13092 100644
--- a/boards/x86/qemu/qemu-i486/configs/vga_fb/defconfig
+++ b/boards/x86/qemu/qemu-i486/configs/vga_fb/defconfig
@@ -28,15 +28,18 @@ CONFIG_BUILTIN=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_FULLOPT=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=y
 CONFIG_DRIVERS_VIDEO=y
+CONFIG_ETC_ROMFS=y
 CONFIG_EXAMPLES_FB=y
 CONFIG_EXAMPLES_HELLO=y
+CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
 CONFIG_FS_FAT=y
 CONFIG_FS_PROCFS=y
 CONFIG_FS_ROMFS=y
 CONFIG_IDLETHREAD_STACKSIZE=2048
-CONFIG_INIT_ENTRYPOINT="nsh_main"
+CONFIG_INIT_ENTRYPOINT="init_main"
 CONFIG_LCD=y
 CONFIG_LCD_FRAMEBUFFER=y
+CONFIG_LIBC_EXECFUNCS=y
 CONFIG_LINE_MAX=64
 CONFIG_NSH_BUILTIN_APPS=y
 CONFIG_NSH_DISABLE_IFUPDOWN=y
@@ -47,10 +50,13 @@ CONFIG_QEMU_VGA=y
 CONFIG_RAM_SIZE=1048576
 CONFIG_RAM_START=0x00100000
 CONFIG_READLINE_CMD_HISTORY=y
+CONFIG_SCHED_CHILD_STATUS=y
+CONFIG_SCHED_HAVE_PARENT=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_WAITPID=y
 CONFIG_START_DAY=3
 CONFIG_START_MONTH=3
 CONFIG_START_YEAR=2011
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_NSH=y
+CONFIG_SYSTEM_NXINIT=y
 CONFIG_TESTING_OSTEST=y
 CONFIG_VIDEO_FB=y
diff --git a/boards/x86/qemu/qemu-i486/src/.gitignore b/boards/x86/qemu/qemu-i486/src/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1baf09ba3ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boards/x86/qemu/qemu-i486/src/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/etctmp*
diff --git a/boards/x86/qemu/qemu-i486/src/Makefile b/boards/x86/qemu/qemu-i486/src/Makefile
index 2620a6beda1..91f399b1994 100644
--- a/boards/x86/qemu/qemu-i486/src/Makefile
+++ b/boards/x86/qemu/qemu-i486/src/Makefile
@@ -28,4 +28,10 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_QEMU_VGA),y)
   CSRCS += qemu_vga_lcd.c
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_ETC_ROMFS),y)
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_SYSTEM_NXINIT),y)
+  RCSRCS += etc/init.d/init.rc
+endif
+endif
+
 include $(TOPDIR)/boards/Board.mk
diff --git a/boards/x86/qemu/qemu-i486/src/etc/init.d/init.rc b/boards/x86/qemu/qemu-i486/src/etc/init.d/init.rc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..461ac9276c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boards/x86/qemu/qemu-i486/src/etc/init.d/init.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+ * boards/x86/qemu/qemu-i486/src/etc/init.d/init.rc
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The
+ * ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the
+ * License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+#include <nuttx/config.h>
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSTEM_NSH
+service console sh
+   restart_period 1000
+#endif
+
+on init
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSTEM_NSH
+   start console
+#endif