diff --git a/target/cpio/cpioroot.mk b/target/cpio/cpioroot.mk
index d85ee34e3b..b98defea34 100644
--- a/target/cpio/cpioroot.mk
+++ b/target/cpio/cpioroot.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 CPIO_TARGET:=$(IMAGE).cpio
 
 cpioroot-init:
-       ln -s sbin/init $(TARGET_DIR)/init
+	ln -s sbin/init $(TARGET_DIR)/init
 
 cpioroot: host-fakeroot makedevs cpioroot-init
        -@find $(TARGET_DIR) -type f -perm +111 | xargs $(STRIP) 2>/dev/null || true;