diff --git a/target/linux/mediatek/Makefile b/target/linux/mediatek/Makefile
index c8ab5e01e6..ceea84f8a8 100644
--- a/target/linux/mediatek/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/mediatek/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ARCH:=arm
 BOARD:=mediatek
 BOARDNAME:=MediaTek Ralink ARM
 SUBTARGETS:=mt7622 mt7623 mt7629
-FEATURES:=squashfs nand ramdisk fpu
+FEATURES:=squashfs nand seperate_ramdisk fpu
 
 KERNEL_PATCHVER:=5.4
 KERNEL_TESTING_PATCHVER:=5.4
diff --git a/target/linux/mediatek/image/Makefile b/target/linux/mediatek/image/Makefile
index 45e83cece5..7aa7a7285c 100644
--- a/target/linux/mediatek/image/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/mediatek/image/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ define Device/Default
   KERNEL = kernel-bin | lzma | \
 	fit lzma $$(KDIR)/image-$$(firstword $$(DEVICE_DTS)).dtb
   KERNEL_INITRAMFS = kernel-bin | lzma | \
-	fit lzma $$(KDIR)/image-$$(firstword $$(DEVICE_DTS)).dtb
+	fit lzma $$(KDIR)/image-$$(firstword $$(DEVICE_DTS)).dtb with-initrd
   FILESYSTEMS := squashfs
   DEVICE_DTS_DIR := $(DTS_DIR)
   IMAGES := sysupgrade.bin