diff --git a/packages/bsp/common/usr/bin/armbian-install b/packages/bsp/common/usr/bin/armbian-install
index b3b94336a8..b277849a8c 100755
--- a/packages/bsp/common/usr/bin/armbian-install
+++ b/packages/bsp/common/usr/bin/armbian-install
@@ -465,6 +465,8 @@ create_armbian()
 	if [[ $1 == *mtd* ]]; then
 		if [[ -f "${TempDir}"/rootfs/boot/armbianEnv.txt ]]; then
 			sed -e 's,rootdev=.*,rootdev='"$satauuid"',g' -i "${TempDir}"/rootfs/boot/armbianEnv.txt
+			sed -e 's,rootfstype=.*,rootfstype='$FilesystemChoosen',g' -i "${TempDir}"/rootfs/boot/armbianEnv.txt
+			grep -qE '^rootfstype=' "${TempDir}/rootfs/boot/armbianEnv.txt" || echo "rootfstype=$FilesystemChoosen" >> "${TempDir}/rootfs/boot/armbianEnv.txt"
 		fi
 		if [[ -f "${TempDir}"/rootfs/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf ]]; then
 			sed -e 's,root='"$root_uuid"',root='"$satauuid"',g' -i "${TempDir}"/rootfs/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf
@@ -668,6 +670,26 @@ format_disk()
 	[[ $? -ne 0 ]] && exit 10
 	FilesystemChoosen=${FilesystemOptions[(2*$FilesystemChoices)-1]}
 
+	if [[ $FilesystemChoosen == *btrfs* ]] && ! command -v mkfs.btrfs; then
+		dialog --yes-label "Install" --no-label 'Deny' --title "$title" --backtitle "$backtitle" --yesno "\nThe btrfs-progs package is not installed.\n\nIt is required to format the root partition as btrfs. Install it now?" 10 75
+		if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
+			dialog --title "$title" --backtitle "$backtitle" --infobox "\nInstalling btrfs-progs ... please wait." 5 60
+			DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get update -o 'Dpkg::Use-pTy=0' >> $logfile 2>&1 &&\
+			DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y -o 'Dpkg::Use-pTy=0' btrfs-progs >> $logfile 2>&1
+			if [[ ! $? -eq 0 ]]; then
+				dialog --title "$title" --backtitle "$backtitle" --colors --infobox\
+				"\nFailed to install btrfs-progs\n\nThe log file has been written to $logfile" 5 60
+				exit  15
+			fi
+		fi
+
+		if ! command -v mkfs.btrfs; then
+			dialog --title "$title" --backtitle "$backtitle" --colors\
+			--infobox "\nmkfs.btrfs not found, cannot proceed" 5 60
+			exit 12
+		fi
+	fi
+
 	dialog --title "$title" --backtitle "$backtitle" --infobox "\nFormating $1 to $FilesystemChoosen ... please wait." 5 60
 	mkfs.${FilesystemChoosen} ${mkopts[$FilesystemChoosen]} "$1" >> $logfile 2>&1
 }