diff --git a/BoardConfig-common.mk b/BoardConfig-common.mk
index c486c13..55f270c 100644
--- a/BoardConfig-common.mk
+++ b/BoardConfig-common.mk
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ BOARD_DTBOIMG_PARTITION_SIZE := 8388608
 
 TARGET_NO_KERNEL := false
 BOARD_USES_RECOVERY_AS_BOOT := true
+BOARD_BUILD_SYSTEM_ROOT_IMAGE := true
 BOARD_USES_METADATA_PARTITION := true
 
 AB_OTA_UPDATER := true