diff --git a/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass b/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
index 8c49169533..f4938d14bd 100644
--- a/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ IMAGE_CMD_ext3 = "oe_mkext234fs ext3 ${EXTRA_IMAGECMD}"
 IMAGE_CMD_ext4 = "oe_mkext234fs ext4 ${EXTRA_IMAGECMD}"
 
 IMAGE_CMD_btrfs () {
+	touch ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.btrfs
 	mkfs.btrfs -b `expr ${ROOTFS_SIZE} \* 1024` ${EXTRA_IMAGECMD} -r ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.btrfs
 }