diff --git a/boards/firechip/base-workloads/fedora-base.json b/boards/firechip/base-workloads/fedora-base.json
index 20d6168b..15f5921d 100644
--- a/boards/firechip/base-workloads/fedora-base.json
+++ b/boards/firechip/base-workloads/fedora-base.json
@@ -16,5 +16,10 @@
   },
   "firmware" : {
       "opensbi-src" : "../../firmware/opensbi"
-  }
+  },
+  "host-init" : "host-init.sh",
+  "files" : [
+      [ "trigger/start", "/usr/bin/firesim-start-trigger"],
+      [ "trigger/end", "/usr/bin/firesim-end-trigger"]
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/boards/firechip/base-workloads/fedora-base/host-init.sh b/boards/firechip/base-workloads/fedora-base/host-init.sh
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..427af7e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boards/firechip/base-workloads/fedora-base/host-init.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../br-base/host-init.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/boards/firechip/base-workloads/fedora-base/linux-config b/boards/firechip/base-workloads/fedora-base/linux-config
index 27ba9a2a..2817478d 100644
--- a/boards/firechip/base-workloads/fedora-base/linux-config
+++ b/boards/firechip/base-workloads/fedora-base/linux-config
@@ -61,6 +61,6 @@ CONFIG_RISCV_ROCC=y
 CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR_PER_TASK=y
 CONFIG_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ZICBOM=y
 CONFIG_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ZIHINTPAUSE=y
+# CONFIG_RISCV_PMU is not set
 CONFIG_OVERRIDE_RNG_ENTROPY=y
 CONFIG_OVERRIDE_RNG_ENTROPY_VALUE=256
-
diff --git a/boards/firechip/base-workloads/fedora-base/trigger b/boards/firechip/base-workloads/fedora-base/trigger
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..43c6f625
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boards/firechip/base-workloads/fedora-base/trigger
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../br-base/trigger/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/boards/firechip/base-workloads/ubuntu-base.json b/boards/firechip/base-workloads/ubuntu-base.json
index d903c5c1..3843e08c 100644
--- a/boards/firechip/base-workloads/ubuntu-base.json
+++ b/boards/firechip/base-workloads/ubuntu-base.json
@@ -17,5 +17,10 @@
   },
   "firmware" : {
       "opensbi-src" : "../../firmware/opensbi"
-  }
+  },
+  "host-init" : "host-init.sh",
+  "files" : [
+      [ "trigger/start", "/usr/bin/firesim-start-trigger"],
+      [ "trigger/end", "/usr/bin/firesim-end-trigger"]
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/boards/firechip/base-workloads/ubuntu-base/host-init.sh b/boards/firechip/base-workloads/ubuntu-base/host-init.sh
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..427af7e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boards/firechip/base-workloads/ubuntu-base/host-init.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../br-base/host-init.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/boards/firechip/base-workloads/ubuntu-base/linux-config b/boards/firechip/base-workloads/ubuntu-base/linux-config
index f2e13180..bd276c0e 100644
--- a/boards/firechip/base-workloads/ubuntu-base/linux-config
+++ b/boards/firechip/base-workloads/ubuntu-base/linux-config
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ CONFIG_RISCV_ROCC=y
 CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR_PER_TASK=y
 CONFIG_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ZICBOM=y
 CONFIG_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ZIHINTPAUSE=y
+# CONFIG_RISCV_PMU is not set
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM=y
 CONFIG_DM_MULTIPATH=y
 CONFIG_OVERRIDE_RNG_ENTROPY=y
diff --git a/boards/firechip/base-workloads/ubuntu-base/trigger b/boards/firechip/base-workloads/ubuntu-base/trigger
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..43c6f625
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boards/firechip/base-workloads/ubuntu-base/trigger
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../br-base/trigger/
\ No newline at end of file