diff --git a/packages/bsp/common/usr/sbin/nand-sata-install b/packages/bsp/common/usr/sbin/nand-sata-install
index 217e5d166a..7a1a04aeac 100755
--- a/packages/bsp/common/usr/sbin/nand-sata-install
+++ b/packages/bsp/common/usr/sbin/nand-sata-install
@@ -236,6 +236,11 @@ create_armbian()
 			echo "$emmcbootuuid	/media/mmcboot	ext4    ${mountopts[ext4]}" >> ${TempDir}/rootfs/etc/fstab
 			echo "/media/mmcboot/boot   				/boot		none	bind								0       0" >> ${TempDir}/rootfs/etc/fstab
 		fi
+		# if the rootfstype is not defined as cmdline argument on armbianEnv.txt
+		if grep -qE '^rootfstype=.*' ${TempDir}/bootfs/boot/armbianEnv.txt; then
+			# Add the line of type of the selected rootfstype to the file armbianEnv.txt
+			echo "rootfstype=$choosen_fs" >> ${TempDir}/bootfs/boot/armbianEnv.txt
+		fi
 
 		if [[ $eMMCFilesystemChoosen =~ ^(btrfs|f2fs)$ ]]; then
 			echo "$targetuuid	/		$choosen_fs	${mountopts[$choosen_fs]}" >> ${TempDir}/rootfs/etc/fstab