diff --git a/build_debian.sh b/build_debian.sh
index 43f509b374c..91f228ec17f 100755
--- a/build_debian.sh
+++ b/build_debian.sh
@@ -188,6 +188,10 @@ sudo chmod +x $FILESYSTEM_ROOT/etc/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-premount/arista-
 sudo cp files/initramfs-tools/resize-rootfs $FILESYSTEM_ROOT/etc/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-premount/resize-rootfs
 sudo chmod +x $FILESYSTEM_ROOT/etc/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-premount/resize-rootfs
 
+# Hook into initramfs: upgrade SSD from initramfs
+sudo cp files/initramfs-tools/ssd-upgrade $FILESYSTEM_ROOT/etc/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-premount/ssd-upgrade
+sudo chmod +x $FILESYSTEM_ROOT/etc/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-premount/ssd-upgrade
+
 # Hook into initramfs: run fsck to repair a non-clean filesystem prior to be mounted
 sudo cp files/initramfs-tools/fsck-rootfs $FILESYSTEM_ROOT/etc/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-premount/fsck-rootfs
 sudo chmod +x $FILESYSTEM_ROOT/etc/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-premount/fsck-rootfs
diff --git a/files/image_config/platform/rc.local b/files/image_config/platform/rc.local
index 7043da9fe14..647d552427a 100755
--- a/files/image_config/platform/rc.local
+++ b/files/image_config/platform/rc.local
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ migrate_nos_configuration()
         # remove nos-config-part from cmdline
         sed -r -i.bak "s/nos-config-part=[^[:space:]]+//" /host/grub/grub.cfg
 
+        # remove ssd-upgrader-part from cmdline
+        sed -r -i.bak "s/ssd-upgrader-part=[^[:space:]]+//" /host/grub/grub.cfg
+
         # Mount the previous NOS's partition
         NOS_DIR=/mnt/nos_migration
         MG_GZFILE=$NOS_DIR/minigraph.xml.gz.base64.txt
diff --git a/files/initramfs-tools/ssd-upgrade b/files/initramfs-tools/ssd-upgrade
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..92139d7b114
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/initramfs-tools/ssd-upgrade
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+case $1 in
+    prereqs)
+        exit 0
+        ;;
+esac
+
+# Extract kernel parameters
+set -- $(cat /proc/cmdline)
+for x in "$@"; do
+    case "$x" in
+        ssd-upgrader-part=*)
+            ssd_upgrader_part="${x#ssd-upgrader-part=}"
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+if [ ! -z "$ssd_upgrader_part" ]; then
+    echo "ssd-upgrader-part found in /proc/cmdline" > /tmp/ssd-fw-upgrade.log
+    mkdir -p /mnt/ssd_upgrader_part
+    mount -t "${ssd_upgrader_part#*,}" "${ssd_upgrader_part%,*}" /mnt/ssd_upgrader_part
+    if [ -x /mnt/ssd_upgrader_part/ssd-fw-upgrade ]; then
+        cp /mnt/ssd_upgrader_part/ssd-fw-upgrade /tmp/
+        cd /tmp/
+        umount /mnt/ssd_upgrader_part
+        rm -r /mnt/ssd_upgrader_part
+        ./ssd-fw-upgrade >> /tmp/ssd-fw-upgrade.log 2>&1
+    else
+        echo "ssd-fw-upgrade not found" >> /tmp/ssd-fw-upgrade.log
+        umount /mnt/ssd_upgrader_part
+        rm -r /mnt/ssd_upgrader_part
+    fi
+    gzip /tmp/ssd-fw-upgrade.log
+fi
diff --git a/files/initramfs-tools/union-mount.j2 b/files/initramfs-tools/union-mount.j2
index c9dd1920440..291806f951e 100644
--- a/files/initramfs-tools/union-mount.j2
+++ b/files/initramfs-tools/union-mount.j2
@@ -190,3 +190,8 @@ fi
 if [ -f /tmp/fsck.log.gz ]; then
     mv /tmp/fsck.log.gz ${rootmnt}/var/log
 fi
+
+## ssd-fw-upgrade log file: /tmp will be lost when overlayfs is mounted
+if [ -f /tmp/ssd-fw-upgrade.log.gz ]; then
+    mv /tmp/ssd-fw-upgrade.log.gz ${rootmnt}/var/log
+fi