diff --git a/target/board/generic_x86/BoardConfig.mk b/target/board/generic_x86/BoardConfig.mk
index f9065700b2..2268d4100f 100644
--- a/target/board/generic_x86/BoardConfig.mk
+++ b/target/board/generic_x86/BoardConfig.mk
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ BOARD_SYSLOADER_MAX_SIZE := 7340032
 BOARD_FLASH_BLOCK_SIZE := 512
 BOARD_USERDATAIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE := 50M
 BOARD_INSTALLERIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE := 500M
+TARGET_USERIMAGES_SPARSE_EXT_DISABLED := true
 
 
 # The eth0 device should be started with dhcp on boot.