diff --git a/meta-arm-bsp/conf/machine/sgi575.conf b/meta-arm-bsp/conf/machine/sgi575.conf
index da4f2af3..a2e13bed 100644
--- a/meta-arm-bsp/conf/machine/sgi575.conf
+++ b/meta-arm-bsp/conf/machine/sgi575.conf
@@ -25,3 +25,5 @@ SERIAL_CONSOLES = "115200;ttyAMA0"
 #grub-efi
 EFI_PROVIDER ?= "grub-efi"
 MACHINE_FEATURES += "efi"
+
+IMAGE_FSTYPES += "cpio.gz"