diff --git a/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass b/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
index 45abdeb3a3..1f55b2cb86 100644
--- a/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
@@ -38,22 +38,22 @@ IMAGE_CMD_jffs2 = "mkfs.jffs2 --root=${IMAGE_ROOTFS} --faketime --output=${DEPLO
 
 IMAGE_CMD_cramfs = "mkcramfs ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.cramfs ${EXTRA_IMAGECMD}"
 
-IMAGE_CMD_ext2 = "genext2fs -b $ROOTFS_SIZE -d ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} ${EXTRA_IMAGECMD} ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.ext2"
+IMAGE_CMD_ext2 = "genext2fs -b $ROOTFS_SIZE -i 4096 -d ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} ${EXTRA_IMAGECMD} ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.ext2"
 IMAGE_CMD_ext2.gz () {
 	rm -rf ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/tmp.gz-${PN} && mkdir ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/tmp.gz-${PN}
-	genext2fs -b $ROOTFS_SIZE -d ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} ${EXTRA_IMAGECMD} ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/tmp.gz-${PN}/${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.ext2
+	genext2fs -b $ROOTFS_SIZE -i 4096 -d ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} ${EXTRA_IMAGECMD} ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/tmp.gz-${PN}/${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.ext2
 	gzip -f -9 ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/tmp.gz-${PN}/${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.ext2
 	mv ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/tmp.gz-${PN}/${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.ext2.gz ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.ext2.gz
 	rmdir ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/tmp.gz-${PN}
 }
 
 IMAGE_CMD_ext3 () {
-	genext2fs -b $ROOTFS_SIZE -d ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} ${EXTRA_IMAGECMD} ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.ext3
+	genext2fs -b $ROOTFS_SIZE -i 4096 -d ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} ${EXTRA_IMAGECMD} ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.ext3
 	tune2fs -j ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.ext3
 }
 IMAGE_CMD_ext3.gz () {
 	rm -rf ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/tmp.gz-${PN} && mkdir ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/tmp.gz-${PN}
-	genext2fs -b $ROOTFS_SIZE -d ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} ${EXTRA_IMAGECMD} ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/tmp.gz-${PN}/${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.ext3
+	genext2fs -b $ROOTFS_SIZE -i 4096 -d ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} ${EXTRA_IMAGECMD} ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/tmp.gz-${PN}/${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.ext3
 	tune2fs -j ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/tmp.gz-${PN}/${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.ext3
 	gzip -f -9 ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/tmp.gz-${PN}/${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.ext3
 	mv ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/tmp.gz-${PN}/${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.ext3.gz ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.ext3.gz
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ IMAGE_CMD_ext3.gz () {
 }
 
 oe_mkext4fs () {
-	genext2fs -b $ROOTFS_SIZE -d ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} ${EXTRA_IMAGECMD} $1
+	genext2fs -b $ROOTFS_SIZE -i 4096 -d ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} ${EXTRA_IMAGECMD} $1
 	tune2fs -O extents,uninit_bg,dir_index,has_journal $1
 	e2fsck -yfDC0 $1 || chk=$?
 	case $chk in