diff --git a/pc-bios/s390-ccw/main.c b/pc-bios/s390-ccw/main.c
index 393d7323531c91c5dbb6a11aa6440e564c652f86..1cacc1b46f54fff58ade792742e770e35ad57f88 100644
--- a/pc-bios/s390-ccw/main.c
+++ b/pc-bios/s390-ccw/main.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 char stack[PAGE_SIZE * 8] __attribute__((__aligned__(PAGE_SIZE)));
 static SubChannelId blk_schid = { .one = 1 };
 IplParameterBlock iplb __attribute__((__aligned__(PAGE_SIZE)));
+static char loadparm[8] = { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 };
 
 const unsigned char ebc2asc[256] =
       /* 0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef */
@@ -40,7 +41,6 @@ void write_subsystem_identification(void)
     *zeroes = 0;
 }
 
-
 void panic(const char *string)
 {
     sclp_print(string);
@@ -48,6 +48,26 @@ void panic(const char *string)
     while (1) { }
 }
 
+unsigned int get_loadparm_index(void)
+{
+    const char *lp = loadparm;
+    int i;
+    unsigned int idx = 0;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
+        char c = lp[i];
+
+        if (c < '0' || c > '9') {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        idx *= 10;
+        idx += c - '0';
+    }
+
+    return idx;
+}
+
 static bool find_dev(Schib *schib, int dev_no)
 {
     int i, r;
@@ -84,6 +104,7 @@ static void virtio_setup(void)
     int ssid;
     bool found = false;
     uint16_t dev_no;
+    char ldp[] = "LOADPARM=[________]\n";
     VDev *vdev = virtio_get_device();
 
     /*
@@ -93,6 +114,10 @@ static void virtio_setup(void)
      */
     enable_mss_facility();
 
+    sclp_get_loadparm_ascii(loadparm);
+    memcpy(ldp + 10, loadparm, 8);
+    sclp_print(ldp);
+
     if (store_iplb(&iplb)) {
         switch (iplb.pbt) {
         case S390_IPL_TYPE_CCW:
diff --git a/pc-bios/s390-ccw/s390-ccw.h b/pc-bios/s390-ccw/s390-ccw.h
index 903d2ce81688cf75dba529c97bd559e36f3e9f76..07d8cbcb202f087e857ea956895159443ba5ab4b 100644
--- a/pc-bios/s390-ccw/s390-ccw.h
+++ b/pc-bios/s390-ccw/s390-ccw.h
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ void consume_sclp_int(void);
 void panic(const char *string);
 void write_subsystem_identification(void);
 extern char stack[PAGE_SIZE * 8] __attribute__((__aligned__(PAGE_SIZE)));
+unsigned int get_loadparm_index(void);
 
 /* sclp.c */
 void sclp_print(const char *string);