diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index 0de717a..8e61f45 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -673,6 +673,10 @@
 endif
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BOARD_SYSTEMIMAGE_FILE_SYSTEM_TYPE),squashfs)
+INTERNAL_USERIMAGES_DEPS += $(MAKE_SQUASHFS) $(MKSQUASHFSUSERIMG)
+endif
+
 INTERNAL_USERIMAGES_BINARY_PATHS := $(sort $(dir $(INTERNAL_USERIMAGES_DEPS)))
 
 ifeq (true,$(PRODUCTS.$(INTERNAL_PRODUCT).PRODUCT_SUPPORTS_VERITY))
@@ -687,6 +691,7 @@
 define generate-userimage-prop-dictionary
 $(if $(INTERNAL_USERIMAGES_EXT_VARIANT),$(hide) echo "fs_type=$(INTERNAL_USERIMAGES_EXT_VARIANT)" >> $(1))
 $(if $(BOARD_SYSTEMIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE),$(hide) echo "system_size=$(BOARD_SYSTEMIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE)" >> $(1))
+$(if $(BOARD_SYSTEMIMAGE_FILE_SYSTEM_TYPE),$(hide) echo "system_fs_type=$(BOARD_SYSTEMIMAGE_FILE_SYSTEM_TYPE)" >> $(1))
 $(if $(BOARD_USERDATAIMAGE_FILE_SYSTEM_TYPE),$(hide) echo "userdata_fs_type=$(BOARD_USERDATAIMAGE_FILE_SYSTEM_TYPE)" >> $(1))
 $(if $(BOARD_USERDATAIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE),$(hide) echo "userdata_size=$(BOARD_USERDATAIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE)" >> $(1))
 $(if $(BOARD_CACHEIMAGE_FILE_SYSTEM_TYPE),$(hide) echo "cache_fs_type=$(BOARD_CACHEIMAGE_FILE_SYSTEM_TYPE)" >> $(1))
@@ -891,6 +896,7 @@
     $(PDK_FUSION_SYSIMG_FILES) \
     $(RECOVERY_RESOURCE_ZIP))
 
+
 FULL_SYSTEMIMAGE_DEPS := $(INTERNAL_SYSTEMIMAGE_FILES) $(INTERNAL_USERIMAGES_DEPS)
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------
 # installed file list