diff --git a/man/bootctl.xml b/man/bootctl.xml
index f6218519c4..57455f2dac 100644
--- a/man/bootctl.xml
+++ b/man/bootctl.xml
@@ -267,7 +267,8 @@
         <term><option>kernel-identify</option> <replaceable>kernel</replaceable></term>
 
         <listitem><para>Takes a kernel image as argument. Checks what kind of kernel the image is. Returns
-        one of <literal>uki</literal>, <literal>pe</literal>, and <literal>unknown</literal>.
+        one of <literal>uki</literal>, <literal>addon</literal>, <literal>pe</literal>, and
+        <literal>unknown</literal>.
         </para>
 
         <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v253"/></listitem>
diff --git a/src/shared/kernel-image.c b/src/shared/kernel-image.c
index 4230d012be..57e851fa54 100644
--- a/src/shared/kernel-image.c
+++ b/src/shared/kernel-image.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 static const char * const kernel_image_type_table[_KERNEL_IMAGE_TYPE_MAX] = {
         [KERNEL_IMAGE_TYPE_UNKNOWN] = "unknown",
         [KERNEL_IMAGE_TYPE_UKI]     = "uki",
+        [KERNEL_IMAGE_TYPE_ADDON]   = "addon",
         [KERNEL_IMAGE_TYPE_PE]      = "pe",
 };
 
@@ -159,6 +160,16 @@ int inspect_kernel(
 
                 t = KERNEL_IMAGE_TYPE_UKI;
                 goto done;
+        } else if (pe_is_addon(pe_header, sections)) {
+                r = inspect_uki(fd, pe_header, sections, ret_cmdline, ret_uname, /* ret_pretty_name= */ NULL);
+                if (r < 0)
+                        return r;
+
+                if (ret_pretty_name)
+                        *ret_pretty_name = NULL;
+
+                t = KERNEL_IMAGE_TYPE_ADDON;
+                goto done;
         } else
                 t = KERNEL_IMAGE_TYPE_PE;
 
diff --git a/src/shared/kernel-image.h b/src/shared/kernel-image.h
index 41b2c08f9a..e9526e87eb 100644
--- a/src/shared/kernel-image.h
+++ b/src/shared/kernel-image.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 typedef enum KernelImageType {
         KERNEL_IMAGE_TYPE_UNKNOWN,
         KERNEL_IMAGE_TYPE_UKI,
+        KERNEL_IMAGE_TYPE_ADDON,
         KERNEL_IMAGE_TYPE_PE,
         _KERNEL_IMAGE_TYPE_MAX,
         _KERNEL_IMAGE_TYPE_INVALID = -EINVAL,