diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 09200ab..bb763c0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 target
 sysroot
+initrd_path
+kernel_path
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index 3f670db..5459b33 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::{path::{Path, PathBuf}, process::Command};
+use std::{os::unix::ffi::OsStrExt, path::{Path, PathBuf}, process::Command};
 
 extern crate bootloader;
 
@@ -43,4 +43,7 @@ fn main() {
 
     println!("cargo:rustc-env=UEFI_PATH={}", uefi_path.to_string_lossy());
     println!("cargo:rustc-env=BIOS_PATH={}", bios_path.to_string_lossy());
+
+    std::fs::write("kernel_path", kernel.as_os_str().as_bytes()).unwrap();
+    std::fs::write("initrd_path", initrd_path.as_os_str().as_bytes()).unwrap();
 }