diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/spitz.conf b/meta/conf/machine/spitz.conf
index b7a9e2ab01..85a22975c7 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/spitz.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/spitz.conf
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ PIVOTBOOT_EXTRA_RDEPENDS += "pivotinit ${PCMCIA_MANAGER}"
 
 PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS += "iwmmxt"
 IMAGE_FSTYPES ?= "tar.gz ext2"
+IMAGE_ROOTFS_SIZE_ext2 = "200000"
 
 ROOT_FLASH_SIZE = "100"
 # actually that should really read ROOTFS_SIZE = "100", because with modern kernels,