diff --git a/releasetools/flashfiles_from_target_files b/releasetools/flashfiles_from_target_files
index 8d17ec3..4cedb84 100755
--- a/releasetools/flashfiles_from_target_files
+++ b/releasetools/flashfiles_from_target_files
@@ -456,14 +456,15 @@ def main(argv):
                 ifile = common.File(fn, data)
                 ifile.AddToZip(dest_zip)
                 
-            # Add EFI shell to flashfiles zip
-            efiShellBinaryPath = os.path.join("device","linaro","bootloader","edk2","ShellBinPkg","UefiShell","X64","Shell.efi")
-            archivedEfiFilePath = "EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI"
-            if os.path.isfile(efiShellBinaryPath):
-                print "Adding EFI shell to flashfiles..."
-                dest_zip.write(efiShellBinaryPath, archivedEfiFilePath)
-            else:
-                print "EFI shell binary not found, skipping..."
+            # Add EFI shell to flashfiles zip for UEFI platforms
+            if (intel_common.CheckIfSocEFI(unpack_dir, None)[0]):
+                efiShellBinaryPath = os.path.join("device","linaro","bootloader","edk2","ShellBinPkg","UefiShell","X64","Shell.efi")
+                archivedEfiFilePath = "EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI"
+                if os.path.isfile(efiShellBinaryPath):
+                    print "Adding EFI shell to flashfiles..."
+                    dest_zip.write(efiShellBinaryPath, archivedEfiFilePath)
+                else:
+                    print "EFI shell binary not found, skipping..." 
                 
     print "All done."