diff --git a/tools/mtd-utils/patches/136-mkfs.ubifs-xz-support.patch b/tools/mtd-utils/patches/136-mkfs.ubifs-xz-support.patch
index a574d2e2fe..fccc0b4ded 100644
--- a/tools/mtd-utils/patches/136-mkfs.ubifs-xz-support.patch
+++ b/tools/mtd-utils/patches/136-mkfs.ubifs-xz-support.patch
@@ -217,51 +217,169 @@
  	rm -f $(BUILDDIR)/hashtable/*.o cscope.*
 --- a/mkfs.ubifs/mkfs.ubifs.c
 +++ b/mkfs.ubifs/mkfs.ubifs.c
-@@ -178,8 +178,8 @@ static const char *helptext =
+@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ struct ubifs_info info_;
+ static struct ubifs_info *c = &info_;
+ static libubi_t ubi;
+ 
++static int force_compr_set;
++static int force_compr;
++
+ /* Debug levels are: 0 (none), 1 (statistics), 2 (files) ,3 (more details) */
+ int debug_level;
+ int verbose;
+@@ -132,7 +135,7 @@ static struct inum_mapping **hash_table;
+ /* Inode creation sequence number */
+ static unsigned long long creat_sqnum;
+ 
+-static const char *optstring = "d:r:m:o:D:h?vVe:c:g:f:Fp:k:x:X:j:R:l:j:UQq";
++static const char *optstring = "d:r:m:o:D:h?vVe:c:g:f:Fp:k:x:X:y:j:R:l:j:UQq";
+ 
+ static const struct option longopts[] = {
+ 	{"root",               1, NULL, 'r'},
+@@ -149,6 +152,7 @@ static const struct option longopts[] =
+ 	{"reserved",           1, NULL, 'R'},
+ 	{"compr",              1, NULL, 'x'},
+ 	{"favor-percent",      1, NULL, 'X'},
++	{"force-compr",        1, NULL, 'y'},
+ 	{"fanout",             1, NULL, 'f'},
+ 	{"space-fixup",        0, NULL, 'F'},
+ 	{"keyhash",            1, NULL, 'k'},
+@@ -178,11 +182,13 @@ static const char *helptext =
  "-o, --output=FILE        output to FILE\n"
  "-j, --jrn-size=SIZE      journal size\n"
  "-R, --reserved=SIZE      how much space should be reserved for the super-user\n"
 -"-x, --compr=TYPE         compression type - \"lzo\", \"favor_lzo\", \"zlib\" or\n"
 -"                         \"none\" (default: \"lzo\")\n"
-+"-x, --compr=TYPE         compression type - \"lzo\", \"favor_lzo\", \"zlib\",\n"
-+"                         \"xz\" or \"none\" (default: \"lzo\")\n"
++"-x, --compr=TYPE         default compression type - \"lzo\", \"favor_lzo\",\n"
++"                         \"zlib\" or \"none\" (default: \"lzo\")\n"
  "-X, --favor-percent      may only be used with favor LZO compression and defines\n"
  "                         how many percent better zlib should compress to make\n"
  "                         mkfs.ubifs use zlib instead of LZO (default 20%)\n"
-@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ static const char *helptext =
- "-h, --help               display this help text\n\n"
- "Note, SIZE is specified in bytes, but it may also be specified in Kilobytes,\n"
- "Megabytes, and Gigabytes if a KiB, MiB, or GiB suffix is used.\n\n"
--"If you specify \"lzo\" or \"zlib\" compressors, mkfs.ubifs will use this compressor\n"
-+"If you specify \"lzo\", \"xz\" or \"zlib\" compressors, mkfs.ubifs will use this compressor\n"
- "for all data. The \"none\" disables any data compression. The \"favor_lzo\" is not\n"
- "really a separate compressor. It is just a method of combining \"lzo\" and \"zlib\"\n"
- "compressors. Namely, mkfs.ubifs tries to compress data with both \"lzo\" and \"zlib\"\n"
-@@ -653,10 +653,13 @@ static int get_options(int argc, char**a
- 				c->favor_lzo = 1;
- 			else if (strcmp(optarg, "zlib") == 0)
- 				c->default_compr = UBIFS_COMPR_ZLIB;
-+			else if (strcmp(optarg, "xz") == 0)
-+				c->default_compr = UBIFS_COMPR_XZ;
- 			else if (strcmp(optarg, "none") == 0)
- 				c->default_compr = UBIFS_COMPR_NONE;
- 			else if (strcmp(optarg, "lzo") != 0)
++"-y, --force-compr=TYPE   force to build the fs with different compression -\n"
++"                         \"lzo\", \"zlib\" or \"none\"\n"
+ "-f, --fanout=NUM         fanout NUM (default: 8)\n"
+ "-F, --space-fixup        file-system free space has to be fixed up on first mount\n"
+ "                         (requires kernel version 3.0 or greater)\n"
+@@ -530,6 +536,43 @@ static int open_ubi(const char *node)
+ 	return 0;
+ }
+ 
++static const char *get_compr_str(int compr)
++{
++	switch (compr) {
++	case UBIFS_COMPR_LZO:
++		return "lzo";
++	case UBIFS_COMPR_ZLIB:
++		return "zlib";
++	case UBIFS_COMPR_XZ:
++		return "xz";
++	case UBIFS_COMPR_NONE:
++		return "none";
++	}
++
++	return "unknown";
++}
++
++static int get_compr_option(char *opt, int *compr_type, int *favor_lzo)
++{
++	*compr_type = UBIFS_COMPR_LZO;
++
++	if (favor_lzo)
++		*favor_lzo = 0;
++
++	if (favor_lzo && strcmp(optarg, "favor_lzo") == 0)
++		*favor_lzo = 1;
++	else if (strcmp(optarg, "zlib") == 0)
++		*compr_type = UBIFS_COMPR_ZLIB;
++	else if (strcmp(optarg, "xz") == 0)
++		*compr_type = UBIFS_COMPR_XZ;
++	else if (strcmp(optarg, "none") == 0)
++		*compr_type = UBIFS_COMPR_NONE;
++	else if (strcmp(optarg, "lzo") != 0)
++		return -1;
++
++	return 0;
++}
++
+ static int get_options(int argc, char**argv)
+ {
+ 	int opt, i;
+@@ -649,14 +692,13 @@ static int get_options(int argc, char**a
+ 				return err_msg("bad key hash");
+ 			break;
+ 		case 'x':
+-			if (strcmp(optarg, "favor_lzo") == 0)
+-				c->favor_lzo = 1;
+-			else if (strcmp(optarg, "zlib") == 0)
+-				c->default_compr = UBIFS_COMPR_ZLIB;
+-			else if (strcmp(optarg, "none") == 0)
+-				c->default_compr = UBIFS_COMPR_NONE;
+-			else if (strcmp(optarg, "lzo") != 0)
 -				return err_msg("bad compressor name");
++			if (get_compr_option(optarg, &c->default_compr,
++					     &c->favor_lzo))
 +				return err_msg("bad compressor name '%s'",
-+					       optarg);
++						optarg);
++			if (c->default_compr == UBIFS_COMPR_XZ)
++				return err_msg("'%s' can't be used as default compressor",
++						optarg);
  			break;
  		case 'X':
  			c->favor_percent = strtol(optarg, &endp, 0);
-@@ -765,6 +768,9 @@ static int get_options(int argc, char**a
- 		case UBIFS_COMPR_ZLIB:
- 			printf("\tcompr:        zlib\n");
+@@ -665,6 +707,12 @@ static int get_options(int argc, char**a
+ 				return err_msg("bad favor LZO percent '%s'",
+ 					       optarg);
  			break;
-+		case UBIFS_COMPR_XZ:
-+			printf("\tcompr:        xz\n");
++		case 'y':
++			if (get_compr_option(optarg, &force_compr, NULL))
++				return err_msg("bad forced compressor name '%s'",
++						optarg);
++			force_compr_set = 1;
 +			break;
- 		case UBIFS_COMPR_NONE:
- 			printf("\tcompr:        none\n");
- 			break;
+ 		case 'j':
+ 			c->max_bud_bytes = get_bytes(optarg);
+ 			if (c->max_bud_bytes <= 0)
+@@ -749,6 +797,9 @@ static int get_options(int argc, char**a
+ 		c->min_io_size = 8;
+ 	c->rp_size = add_space_overhead(c->rp_size);
+ 
++	if (force_compr_set == 0)
++		force_compr = c->default_compr;
++
+ 	if (verbose) {
+ 		printf("mkfs.ubifs\n");
+ 		printf("\troot:         %s\n", root);
+@@ -758,17 +809,10 @@ static int get_options(int argc, char**a
+ 		printf("\toutput:       %s\n", output);
+ 		printf("\tjrn_size:     %llu\n", c->max_bud_bytes);
+ 		printf("\treserved:     %llu\n", c->rp_size);
+-		switch (c->default_compr) {
+-		case UBIFS_COMPR_LZO:
+-			printf("\tcompr:        lzo\n");
+-			break;
+-		case UBIFS_COMPR_ZLIB:
+-			printf("\tcompr:        zlib\n");
+-			break;
+-		case UBIFS_COMPR_NONE:
+-			printf("\tcompr:        none\n");
+-			break;
+-		}
++		printf("\tcompr:        %s\n", get_compr_str(c->default_compr));
++		if (forced_compr_set)
++			printf("\tforced compr: %s\n",
++			       get_compr_str(force_compr));
+ 		printf("\tkeyhash:      %s\n", (c->key_hash == key_r5_hash) ?
+ 						"r5" : "test");
+ 		printf("\tfanout:       %d\n", c->fanout);
+@@ -1353,7 +1397,7 @@ static int add_file(const char *path_nam
+ 			use_compr = UBIFS_COMPR_LZO;
+ 		else
+ #endif
+-			use_compr = c->default_compr;
++			use_compr = force_compr;
+ 		compr_type = compress_data(buf, bytes_read, &dn->data,
+ 					   &out_len, use_compr);
+ 		dn->compr_type = cpu_to_le16(compr_type);
 --- a/mkfs.ubifs/mkfs.ubifs.h
 +++ b/mkfs.ubifs/mkfs.ubifs.h
 @@ -77,6 +77,9 @@