diff --git a/linux/linux.mk b/linux/linux.mk
index feda4182c..ab90c03e4 100644
--- a/linux/linux.mk
+++ b/linux/linux.mk
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_INITRAMFS),y)
 	touch $(BINARIES_DIR)/rootfs.initramfs
 	$(call KCONFIG_ENABLE_OPT,CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD,$(@D)/.config)
 	$(call KCONFIG_SET_OPT,CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE,\"$(BINARIES_DIR)/rootfs.initramfs\",$(@D)/.config)
+	$(call KCONFIG_SET_OPT,CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_UID,0,$(@D)/.config)
+	$(call KCONFIG_SET_OPT,CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_GID,0,$(@D)/.config)
+	$(call KCONFIG_DISABLE_OPT,CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_NONE,$(@D)/.config)
 	$(call KCONFIG_ENABLE_OPT,CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_GZIP,$(@D)/.config)
 endif
 	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) $(LINUX26_MAKE_FLAGS) -C $(@D) oldconfig