diff --git a/scripts/mkimage b/scripts/mkimage
index 0453fcb77f..c765dbbb88 100755
--- a/scripts/mkimage
+++ b/scripts/mkimage
@@ -268,6 +268,14 @@ fi # bootloader
   echo "image: merging part2 back to image..."
   dd if="$OE_TMP/part2.ext4" of="$DISK" bs=512 seek="$STORAGE_PART_START" conv=fsync,notrunc >"$SAVE_ERROR" 2>&1 || show_error
 
+# extract part1 from image to run fsck
+  echo "image: extracting part1 from image..."
+  SYSTEM_PART_COUNT=$(( $SYSTEM_PART_END - $SYSTEM_PART_START + 1 ))
+  sync
+  dd if="$DISK" of="$OE_TMP/part1.fat" bs=512 skip="$SYSTEM_PART_START" count="$SYSTEM_PART_COUNT" conv=fsync >"$SAVE_ERROR" 2>&1 || show_error
+  echo "image: checking filesystem on part1..."
+  fsck -n $OE_TMP/part1.fat >"$SAVE_ERROR" 2>&1 || show_error
+
 # gzip
   echo "image: compressing..."
   gzip $DISK