diff --git a/meta-digi-arm/conf/machine/ccimx6ulstarter.conf b/meta-digi-arm/conf/machine/ccimx6ulstarter.conf
index 129135ab4..73b423e07 100644
--- a/meta-digi-arm/conf/machine/ccimx6ulstarter.conf
+++ b/meta-digi-arm/conf/machine/ccimx6ulstarter.conf
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ BT_TTY ?= "ttymxc0"
 BOOT_SCRIPTS = "boot.scr:boot.scr"
 
 # Flash image types
-IMAGE_FSTYPES ?= "tar.bz2 ubifs"
+IMAGE_FSTYPES ?= "tar.bz2 ubifs boot.ubifs"
diff --git a/meta-digi-arm/conf/machine/include/ccimx6ul.inc b/meta-digi-arm/conf/machine/include/ccimx6ul.inc
index 689cdd95a..47235b8f9 100644
--- a/meta-digi-arm/conf/machine/include/ccimx6ul.inc
+++ b/meta-digi-arm/conf/machine/include/ccimx6ul.inc
@@ -32,5 +32,9 @@ MACHINE_FIRMWARE_append = " ${@bb.utils.contains('MACHINE_FEATURES', 'bluetooth'
 MACHINE_FIRMWARE_append = " ${@bb.utils.contains('MACHINE_FEATURES', 'wifi', 'firmware-qualcomm-qca6564-wifi', '', d)}"
 
 KERNEL_IMAGETYPE = "zImage"
-# FLASH parameters
+
+# mkfs.ubifs parameters for boot partition (the one holding kernel and device tree files)
+MKUBIFS_BOOT_ARGS ?= "-m 2048 -e 126976 -c 127"
+
+# mkfs.ubifs parameters for rootfs partition
 MKUBIFS_ARGS ?= "-m 2048 -e 126976 -c 2047"