diff --git a/meta-digi-arm/classes/image_types_digi.bbclass b/meta-digi-arm/classes/image_types_digi.bbclass
index 83212e2a8..db641ac69 100644
--- a/meta-digi-arm/classes/image_types_digi.bbclass
+++ b/meta-digi-arm/classes/image_types_digi.bbclass
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ IMAGE_CMD:recovery.ubifs() {
 	fi
 
 	# Build UBIFS recovery image out of temp folder
-	mkfs.ubifs -r ${TMP_RECOVERYDIR} -o ${IMGDEPLOYDIR}/${IMAGE_NAME}.recovery.ubifs ${MKUBIFS_BOOT_ARGS}
+	mkfs.ubifs -r ${TMP_RECOVERYDIR} -o ${IMGDEPLOYDIR}/${IMAGE_NAME}.recovery.ubifs ${MKUBIFS_RECOVERY_ARGS}
 
 	# Remove the temporary folder
 	rm -rf ${TMP_RECOVERYDIR}
diff --git a/meta-digi-arm/conf/machine/ccmp13-dvk.conf b/meta-digi-arm/conf/machine/ccmp13-dvk.conf
index 814f87227..a9ae07f8d 100644
--- a/meta-digi-arm/conf/machine/ccmp13-dvk.conf
+++ b/meta-digi-arm/conf/machine/ccmp13-dvk.conf
@@ -123,6 +123,10 @@ IMAGE_CLASSES = "image_types_digi image_types-stubi"
 # Max LEB count (-c 255) calculated for a partition of up to 32 MiB considering 128 KiB erase-block size.
 MKUBIFS_BOOT_ARGS ?= "-m 2048 -e 126976 -c 255"
 
+# mkfs.ubifs parameters for recovery partition
+# Same parameters as the boot partition, but using zlib compression to reduce image size.
+MKUBIFS_RECOVERY_ARGS ?= "${MKUBIFS_BOOT_ARGS} -x zlib"
+
 # mkfs.ubifs parameters for rootfs partition
 # Max LEB count (-c 8191) calculated for a partition of up to 1 GiB considering 128 KiB erase-block size.
 MKUBIFS_ARGS ?= "-m 2048 -e 126976 -c 8191"
diff --git a/meta-digi-arm/conf/machine/ccmp15-dvk.conf b/meta-digi-arm/conf/machine/ccmp15-dvk.conf
index 53173a2a4..1ea94b144 100644
--- a/meta-digi-arm/conf/machine/ccmp15-dvk.conf
+++ b/meta-digi-arm/conf/machine/ccmp15-dvk.conf
@@ -132,6 +132,10 @@ IMAGE_CLASSES = "image_types_digi image_types-stubi"
 # Max LEB count (-c 255) calculated for a partition of up to 32 MiB considering 128 KiB erase-block size.
 MKUBIFS_BOOT_ARGS ?= "-m 2048 -e 126976 -c 255"
 
+# mkfs.ubifs parameters for recovery partition
+# Same parameters as the boot partition, but using zlib compression to reduce image size.
+MKUBIFS_RECOVERY_ARGS ?= "${MKUBIFS_BOOT_ARGS} -x zlib"
+
 # mkfs.ubifs parameters for rootfs partition
 # Max LEB count (-c 8191) calculated for a partition of up to 1 GiB considering 128 KiB erase-block size.
 MKUBIFS_ARGS ?= "-m 2048 -e 126976 -c 8191"
diff --git a/meta-digi-arm/conf/machine/include/ccimx6ul.inc b/meta-digi-arm/conf/machine/include/ccimx6ul.inc
index d532eae21..f0e66256b 100644
--- a/meta-digi-arm/conf/machine/include/ccimx6ul.inc
+++ b/meta-digi-arm/conf/machine/include/ccimx6ul.inc
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ MACHINE_FEATURES:remove:use-mainline-bsp = "wifi"
 # Max LEB count (-c 255) calculated for a partition of up to 32 MiB considering 128 KiB erase-block size.
 MKUBIFS_BOOT_ARGS ?= "-m 2048 -e 126976 -c 255"
 
+# mkfs.ubifs parameters for recovery partition
+# Same parameters as the boot partition, but using zlib compression to reduce image size.
+MKUBIFS_RECOVERY_ARGS ?= "${MKUBIFS_BOOT_ARGS} -x zlib"
+
 # mkfs.ubifs parameters for rootfs partition
 # Max LEB count (-c 8191) calculated for a partition of up to 1 GiB considering 128 KiB erase-block size.
 MKUBIFS_ARGS ?= "-m 2048 -e 126976 -c 8191"