diff --git a/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass b/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
index 99a07da0fc..d298897268 100644
--- a/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ IMAGE_CMD_btrfs () {
 
 IMAGE_CMD_squashfs = "mksquashfs ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.squashfs ${EXTRA_IMAGECMD} -noappend"
 IMAGE_CMD_squashfs-xz = "mksquashfs ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.squashfs-xz ${EXTRA_IMAGECMD} -noappend -comp xz"
+IMAGE_CMD_squashfs-lzo = "mksquashfs ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.squashfs-lzo ${EXTRA_IMAGECMD} -noappend -comp lzo"
 IMAGE_CMD_tar = "tar -cvf ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.tar -C ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} ."
 
 IMAGE_CMD_cpio () {
@@ -121,12 +122,13 @@ IMAGE_DEPENDS_ext4 = "e2fsprogs-native"
 IMAGE_DEPENDS_btrfs = "btrfs-tools-native"
 IMAGE_DEPENDS_squashfs = "squashfs-tools-native"
 IMAGE_DEPENDS_squashfs-xz = "squashfs-tools-native"
+IMAGE_DEPENDS_squashfs-lzo = "squashfs-tools-native"
 IMAGE_DEPENDS_elf = "virtual/kernel mkelfimage-native"
 IMAGE_DEPENDS_ubi = "mtd-utils-native"
 IMAGE_DEPENDS_ubifs = "mtd-utils-native"
 
 # This variable is available to request which values are suitable for IMAGE_FSTYPES
-IMAGE_TYPES = "jffs2 jffs2.sum cramfs ext2 ext2.gz ext2.bz2 ext3 ext3.gz ext2.lzma btrfs iso hddimg squashfs squashfs-xz ubi ubifs tar tar.gz tar.bz2 tar.xz tar.lz4 cpio cpio.gz cpio.xz cpio.lzma cpio.lz4 vmdk elf"
+IMAGE_TYPES = "jffs2 jffs2.sum cramfs ext2 ext2.gz ext2.bz2 ext3 ext3.gz ext2.lzma btrfs iso hddimg squashfs squashfs-xz squashfs-lzo ubi ubifs tar tar.gz tar.bz2 tar.xz tar.lz4 cpio cpio.gz cpio.xz cpio.lzma cpio.lz4 vmdk elf"
 
 COMPRESSIONTYPES = "gz bz2 lzma xz lz4 sum"
 COMPRESS_CMD_lzma = "lzma -k -f -7 ${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.${type}"