diff --git a/meta-ohos-core/recipes-core/images/openharmony-image-common.inc b/meta-ohos-core/recipes-core/images/openharmony-image-common.inc
index 7626b16a2b9f20bc962658e2a70c218c91fa800d..8cef05a062a21c0170626181b599dd83e96df5af 100644
--- a/meta-ohos-core/recipes-core/images/openharmony-image-common.inc
+++ b/meta-ohos-core/recipes-core/images/openharmony-image-common.inc
@@ -5,3 +5,7 @@ IMAGE_INSTALL_append = "\
 			packagegroup-net-tools \
 			packagegroup-ble-essentials \
 			"
+
+# This is a workaround in case the build runs on ZFS with compression on.
+# It also gives us extra runtime space.
+IMAGE_OVERHEAD_FACTOR = "2"