diff --git a/target/linux/qualcommax/image/ipq60xx.mk b/target/linux/qualcommax/image/ipq60xx.mk
index ef05a150b..14c6f11e1 100644
--- a/target/linux/qualcommax/image/ipq60xx.mk
+++ b/target/linux/qualcommax/image/ipq60xx.mk
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ define Device/EmmcImage
 	IMAGES := factory.bin recovery.bin sysupgrade.bin
 	IMAGE/factory.bin := append-kernel | pad-to 12288k | append-rootfs | append-metadata
 	IMAGE/recovery.bin := append-kernel | pad-to 6144k | append-rootfs | append-metadata
+	IMAGE/sysupgrade.bin/squashfs := append-rootfs | pad-to 64k | sysupgrade-tar rootfs=$$$$@ | append-metadata
 endef
 
 define Device/cmiot_ax18