diff --git a/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/mpc8315e-rdb.conf b/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/mpc8315e-rdb.conf
index ef76f2a755..43bdce4b1c 100644
--- a/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/mpc8315e-rdb.conf
+++ b/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/mpc8315e-rdb.conf
@@ -28,3 +28,6 @@ UBOOT_ENTRYPOINT = "0x00000000"
 KERNEL_DEVICETREE = "${S}/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8315erdb.dts"
 
 MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS = " kernel-modules"
+
+IMAGE_FSTYPES ?= "jffs2 tar.bz2"
+JFFS2_ERASEBLOCK = "0x4000"