diff --git a/target/product/virtual_ab_ota/compression.mk b/target/product/virtual_ab_ota/compression.mk
index 8301047080..88c58b87a0 100644
--- a/target/product/virtual_ab_ota/compression.mk
+++ b/target/product/virtual_ab_ota/compression.mk
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 $(call inherit-product, $(SRC_TARGET_DIR)/product/virtual_ab_ota/launch_with_vendor_ramdisk.mk)
 
 PRODUCT_VENDOR_PROPERTIES += ro.virtual_ab.compression.enabled=true
+PRODUCT_VENDOR_PROPERTIES += ro.virtual_ab.userspace.snapshots.enabled=true
 PRODUCT_VIRTUAL_AB_COMPRESSION := true
 PRODUCT_PACKAGES += \
     snapuserd.vendor_ramdisk \