diff --git a/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass b/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
index 9a52e727ae..0e5a9a8600 100644
--- a/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ IMAGE_CMD_ext3 () {
 
 oe_mkext4fs () {
 	genext2fs -b $ROOTFS_SIZE -d ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} ${EXTRA_IMAGECMD} $1
-	tune2fs -O extents,uninit_bg,dir_index,has_journal $1
+	tune2fs -O extents,uninit_bg,dir_index,has_journal,filetype $1
 	e2fsck -yfDC0 $1 || chk=$?
 	case $chk in
 	0|1|2)