diff --git a/target/board/BoardConfigEmuCommon.mk b/target/board/BoardConfigEmuCommon.mk
index 07b07ce23a..6b2291f0b8 100644
--- a/target/board/BoardConfigEmuCommon.mk
+++ b/target/board/BoardConfigEmuCommon.mk
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ BOARD_INCLUDE_DTB_IN_BOOTIMG := false
 BOARD_BOOT_HEADER_VERSION := 3
 BOARD_MKBOOTIMG_ARGS += --header_version $(BOARD_BOOT_HEADER_VERSION)
 BOARD_VENDOR_BOOTIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE := 0x06000000
+BOARD_RAMDISK_USE_LZ4 := true
 
 # Enable chain partition for system.
 BOARD_AVB_SYSTEM_KEY_PATH := external/avb/test/data/testkey_rsa2048.pem