diff --git a/config/Config-images.in b/config/Config-images.in
index c990b87605..b73442d6f6 100644
--- a/config/Config-images.in
+++ b/config/Config-images.in
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ menu "Target Images"
 			prompt "Compression"
 			default TARGET_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZMA if TARGET_ar71xx
 			default TARGET_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZMA if TARGET_ramips
+			default TARGET_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZMA if TARGET_apm821xx
 			default TARGET_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_NONE
 			depends on TARGET_ROOTFS_INITRAMFS
 			help
diff --git a/target/linux/apm821xx/image/Makefile b/target/linux/apm821xx/image/Makefile
index bee0e1c8d5..6ad4d99c11 100644
--- a/target/linux/apm821xx/image/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/apm821xx/image/Makefile
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ define Device/mr24
   KERNEL_SIZE := 2048k
   IMAGE_SIZE := 8191k
   KERNEL := kernel-bin | lzma | uImage lzma | MerakiAdd-dtb | MerakiNAND
-  KERNEL_INITRAMFS := copy-file $(KDIR)/vmlinux | lzma | uImage lzma | MerakiAdd-dtb | pad-to 2047k | MerakiAdd-initramfs | MerakiNAND
+  KERNEL_INITRAMFS := copy-file $(KDIR)/vmlinux | gzip | uImage gzip | MerakiAdd-dtb | pad-to 2047k | MerakiAdd-initramfs | MerakiNAND
   IMAGE/sysupgrade.tar := sysupgrade-nand
 endef
 TARGET_DEVICES += mr24