diff --git a/conf/machine/include/st-machine-common-stm32mp.inc b/conf/machine/include/st-machine-common-stm32mp.inc
index d553aa5..1db5fe6 100644
--- a/conf/machine/include/st-machine-common-stm32mp.inc
+++ b/conf/machine/include/st-machine-common-stm32mp.inc
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ UBI_VOLNAME ?= "rootfs"
 EXTRA_IMAGECMD_ext4 = "-i 4096 -L ${@d.getVar('IMAGE_NAME_SUFFIX').replace('.', '', 1)[:16]}"
 
 # Default FSTYPES requested
-IMAGE_FSTYPES = "tar.xz ext4"
+IMAGE_FSTYPES ?= "tar.xz ext4"
 
 # Allow debug on the platform with gdb and openocd tools
 EXTRA_IMAGEDEPENDS_append = " \