diff --git a/src/libotcore/otcore-prepare-root.c b/src/libotcore/otcore-prepare-root.c
index e0a1641a8f..8def8ec133 100644
--- a/src/libotcore/otcore-prepare-root.c
+++ b/src/libotcore/otcore-prepare-root.c
@@ -178,8 +178,15 @@ otcore_load_composefs_config (const char *cmdline, GKeyFile *config, gboolean lo
   if (g_strcmp0 (enabled, "signed") == 0)
     {
       ret->enabled = OT_TRISTATE_YES;
+      ret->require_verity = true;
       ret->is_signed = true;
     }
+  else if (g_strcmp0 (enabled, "verity") == 0)
+    {
+      ret->enabled = OT_TRISTATE_YES;
+      ret->require_verity = true;
+      ret->is_signed = false;
+    }
   else if (!ot_keyfile_get_tristate_with_default (config, OTCORE_PREPARE_ROOT_COMPOSEFS_KEY,
                                                   OTCORE_PREPARE_ROOT_ENABLED_KEY,
                                                   OT_TRISTATE_MAYBE, &ret->enabled, error))
diff --git a/src/libotcore/otcore.h b/src/libotcore/otcore.h
index 6e1d510329..2d256c80ea 100644
--- a/src/libotcore/otcore.h
+++ b/src/libotcore/otcore.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ GKeyFile *otcore_load_config (int rootfs, const char *filename, GError **error);
 typedef struct
 {
   OtTristate enabled;
+  gboolean require_verity;
   gboolean is_signed;
   char *signature_pubkey;
   GPtrArray *pubkeys;
diff --git a/src/switchroot/ostree-prepare-root.c b/src/switchroot/ostree-prepare-root.c
index a002ad6e58..62e8101a5c 100644
--- a/src/switchroot/ostree-prepare-root.c
+++ b/src/switchroot/ostree-prepare-root.c
@@ -449,12 +449,19 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
           if (!cfs_digest_buf)
             errx (EXIT_FAILURE, "Failed to query digest: %s", error->message);
 
-          expected_digest = g_malloc (OSTREE_SHA256_STRING_LEN + 1);
-          ot_bin2hex (expected_digest, cfs_digest_buf, g_variant_get_size (cfs_digest_v));
+          if (composefs_config->require_verity)
+            {
+              expected_digest = g_malloc (OSTREE_SHA256_STRING_LEN + 1);
+              ot_bin2hex (expected_digest, cfs_digest_buf, g_variant_get_size (cfs_digest_v));
 
+              cfs_options.flags |= LCFS_MOUNT_FLAGS_REQUIRE_VERITY;
+              g_print ("composefs: Verifying digest: %s\n", expected_digest);
+              cfs_options.expected_fsverity_digest = expected_digest;
+            }
+        }
+      else if (composefs_config->require_verity)
+        {
           cfs_options.flags |= LCFS_MOUNT_FLAGS_REQUIRE_VERITY;
-          g_print ("composefs: Verifying digest: %s\n", expected_digest);
-          cfs_options.expected_fsverity_digest = expected_digest;
         }
 
       if (lcfs_mount_image (OSTREE_COMPOSEFS_NAME, TMP_SYSROOT, &cfs_options) == 0)