diff --git a/target/linux/omap35xx/gumstix/defconfig.gumstix b/target/linux/omap35xx/gumstix/defconfig.gumstix
index fb5d0a3787..dcee15d2b2 100644
--- a/target/linux/omap35xx/gumstix/defconfig.gumstix
+++ b/target/linux/omap35xx/gumstix/defconfig.gumstix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ CONFIG_USE_UCLIBC=y
 CONFIG_UCLIBC_VERSION_0_9_30_1=y
 CONFIG_TARGET_ROOTFS_PARTSIZE=200
 CONFIG_SOFT_FLOAT=n
-CONFIG_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2FS=y
+CONFIG_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT4FS=y
 CONFIG_UDEV_EXTRA_firmware=y
 CONFIG_IMAGEOPT=y
 CONFIG_UCI_PRECONFIG_network_lan_proto="dhcp"
diff --git a/target/linux/omap35xx/gumstix/profiles/gumstix.mk b/target/linux/omap35xx/gumstix/profiles/gumstix.mk
index 22e51367e0..ec5ce96c87 100644
--- a/target/linux/omap35xx/gumstix/profiles/gumstix.mk
+++ b/target/linux/omap35xx/gumstix/profiles/gumstix.mk
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ define Profile/Gumstix
   NAME:=gumstix
   PACKAGES:=-iptables -ppp -ppp-mod-pppoe -kmod-ipt-nathelper \
 		-firewall -mtd -hotplug2 -udevtrigger -dropbear \
-		ext2 usb udev kmod-bluetooth ntpclient wpa-supplicant \
+		ext4 usb udev kmod-bluetooth ntpclient wpa-supplicant \
 		wireless-tools wpa-cli \
 		bluez-utils bluez-hcidump hegw usbutils python pyserial \
 		python-mini python-openssl python-cjson libstdcpp \