diff --git a/target/linux/au1000-2.6/config/default b/target/linux/au1000-2.6/config/default
index 91118e5f3e..e19792809f 100644
--- a/target/linux/au1000-2.6/config/default
+++ b/target/linux/au1000-2.6/config/default
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ CONFIG_BASE_SMALL=0
 CONFIG_BITREVERSE=y
 # CONFIG_BROADCOM_PHY is not set
 CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=m
-CONFIG_CMDLINE="root=/dev/mtdblock0 rootfstype=jffs2 init=/etc/preinit"
+CONFIG_CMDLINE="root=/dev/mtdblock0 rootfstype=squashfs,jffs2 init=/etc/preinit"
 # CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN is not set
 CONFIG_CPU_HAS_LLSC=y
 CONFIG_CPU_HAS_PREFETCH=y
diff --git a/target/linux/au1000-2.6/patches/013-openwrt_rootfs.patch b/target/linux/au1000-2.6/patches/013-openwrt_rootfs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7793161af8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/au1000-2.6/patches/013-openwrt_rootfs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- linux-2.6.19.2/drivers/mtd/maps/mtx-1_flash.c	2007-07-10 20:56:30.000000000 +0200
++++ linux-2.6.19.2.new/drivers/mtd/maps/mtx-1_flash.c	2007-07-23 12:21:16.000000000 +0200
+@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
+ 
+ static struct mtd_partition mtx1_partitions[] = {
+         {
+-                .name = "filesystem",
++                .name = "rootfs",
+                 .size = 0x01C00000,
+                 .offset = 0,
+         },{