diff --git a/distributions/LibreELEC/options b/distributions/LibreELEC/options
index 67402796fc..3941b115e0 100644
--- a/distributions/LibreELEC/options
+++ b/distributions/LibreELEC/options
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@
 # Default system partition offset, in sectors, eg. 2048
   SYSTEM_PART_START=8192
 
+# Size of storage partition, in MB. Must be >=32
+  STORAGE_SIZE=32
+
 # build with swap support (yes / no)
   SWAP_SUPPORT="yes"
 
diff --git a/scripts/image b/scripts/image
index 436552ffa5..a0e51f50d0 100755
--- a/scripts/image
+++ b/scripts/image
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ function do_mkimage() {
     EXTRA_CMDLINE="${EXTRA_CMDLINE}" \
     SYSTEM_SIZE="${SYSTEM_SIZE}" \
     SYSTEM_PART_START="${SYSTEM_PART_START}" \
+    STORAGE_SIZE="${STORAGE_SIZE:-32}" \
     OVA_SIZE="${OVA_SIZE}" \
     ${SCRIPTS}/mkimage
 }
diff --git a/scripts/mkimage b/scripts/mkimage
index ff836c3866..f25be46163 100755
--- a/scripts/mkimage
+++ b/scripts/mkimage
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ if [ -z "${SYSTEM_SIZE}" -o -z "${SYSTEM_PART_START}" ]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-STORAGE_SIZE=32 # STORAGE_SIZE must be >= 32 !
-
 DISK_START_PADDING=$(( (${SYSTEM_PART_START} + 2048 - 1) / 2048 ))
 DISK_GPT_PADDING=1
 DISK_SIZE=$(( ${DISK_START_PADDING} + ${SYSTEM_SIZE} + ${STORAGE_SIZE} + ${DISK_GPT_PADDING} ))