diff --git a/config/Config-images.in b/config/Config-images.in
index 90e873edb..4978cfa4f 100644
--- a/config/Config-images.in
+++ b/config/Config-images.in
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ menu "Target Images"
 			default TARGET_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZMA if TARGET_ramips
 			default TARGET_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZMA if TARGET_apm821xx
 			default TARGET_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZMA if TARGET_mpc85xx
+			default TARGET_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZMA if TARGET_ipq40xx
 			default TARGET_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_NONE
 			depends on TARGET_ROOTFS_INITRAMFS
 			help
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ menu "Target Images"
 
 	config TARGET_ROOTFS_TARGZ
 		bool "tar.gz"
-		default y if USES_TARGZ
+		default n if USES_TARGZ
 		help
 		  Build a compressed tar archive of the root filesystem.
 
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ menu "Target Images"
 
 	menuconfig TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT4FS
 		bool "ext4"
-		default y if USES_EXT4
+		default n if USES_EXT4
 		help
 		  Build an ext4 root filesystem.
 
@@ -226,7 +227,7 @@ menu "Target Images"
 	config GRUB_TIMEOUT
 		string "Seconds to wait before booting the default entry"
 		depends on GRUB_IMAGES
-		default "5"
+		default "0"
 		help
 		  If you don't know, 5 seconds is a reasonable default.
 
@@ -243,15 +244,17 @@ menu "Target Images"
 		select GRUB_IMAGES
 		select TARGET_IMAGES_PAD
 		select PACKAGE_kmod-e1000
+		default y
 
 	config TARGET_IMAGES_PAD
 		bool "Pad images to filesystem size (for JFFS2)"
 		depends on GRUB_IMAGES
+		default y
 
 	config TARGET_IMAGES_GZIP
 		bool "GZip images"
 		depends on TARGET_IMAGES_PAD || TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT4FS || TARGET_x86
-		default y
+		default n
 
 	comment "Image Options"
 
@@ -265,7 +268,7 @@ menu "Target Images"
 	config TARGET_ROOTFS_PARTSIZE
 		int "Root filesystem partition size (in MB)"
 		depends on GRUB_IMAGES || TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT4FS || TARGET_rb532 || TARGET_mvebu || TARGET_uml
-		default 256
+		default 90
 		help
 		  Select the root filesystem partition size.