diff --git a/tools/releasetools/img_from_target_files.py b/tools/releasetools/img_from_target_files.py
index 76da89c..f8bdd81 100755
--- a/tools/releasetools/img_from_target_files.py
+++ b/tools/releasetools/img_from_target_files.py
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
   logger.info('Writing super.img to archive...')
   with zipfile.ZipFile(
       output_file, 'a', compression=zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED,
-      allowZip64=not OPTIONS.sparse_userimages) as output_zip:
+      allowZip64=True) as output_zip:
     common.ZipWrite(output_zip, super_file, 'super.img')