diff --git a/projects/imx6/options b/projects/imx6/options
index c6ddcd8c3b..59154a5fcb 100644
--- a/projects/imx6/options
+++ b/projects/imx6/options
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
     PROJECT_CFLAGS=""
 
   # SquashFS compression method (gzip / lzo / xz)
-    SQUASHFS_COMPRESSION="gzip"
+    SQUASHFS_COMPRESSION="lzo"
 
 
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