diff --git a/fs/squashfs/squashfs.mk b/fs/squashfs/squashfs.mk
index 446906f10c..a71d9cc57b 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/squashfs.mk
+++ b/fs/squashfs/squashfs.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 ROOTFS_SQUASHFS_DEPENDENCIES = host-squashfs
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_SQUASHFS4_LZ4),y)
-ROOTFS_SQUASHFS_ARGS += -comp lz4
+ROOTFS_SQUASHFS_ARGS += -comp lz4 -Xhc
 else
 ifeq ($(BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_SQUASHFS4_LZO),y)
 ROOTFS_SQUASHFS_ARGS += -comp lzo