diff --git a/manifests/20-profile.crd.yaml b/manifests/20-profile.crd.yaml
index 1de33b0a7..f5a880d7f 100644
--- a/manifests/20-profile.crd.yaml
+++ b/manifests/20-profile.crd.yaml
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ spec:
               required:
                 - tunedProfile
               properties:
+                bootcmdline:
+                  description: kernel parameters calculated by tuned for the active Tuned profile; this field is OBSOLETE and will be removed, see OCPBUGS-19351
+                  type: string
                 conditions:
                   description: conditions represents the state of the per-node Profile application
                   type: array
diff --git a/pkg/apis/tuned/v1/tuned_types.go b/pkg/apis/tuned/v1/tuned_types.go
index 264585ee0..50bb06b33 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/tuned/v1/tuned_types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/tuned/v1/tuned_types.go
@@ -169,6 +169,10 @@ type ProfileConfig struct {
 // ProfileStatus is the status for a Profile resource; the status is for internal use only
 // and its fields may be changed/removed in the future.
 type ProfileStatus struct {
+	// kernel parameters calculated by tuned for the active Tuned profile; this field is OBSOLETE and will be removed, see OCPBUGS-19351
+	// +optional
+	Bootcmdline string `json:"bootcmdline"`
+
 	// the current profile in use by the Tuned daemon
 	TunedProfile string `json:"tunedProfile"`