diff --git a/packages/bsp/common/usr/sbin/armbian-install b/packages/bsp/common/usr/sbin/armbian-install
index ce808e4ff3..de78be747a 100755
--- a/packages/bsp/common/usr/sbin/armbian-install
+++ b/packages/bsp/common/usr/sbin/armbian-install
@@ -304,7 +304,11 @@ create_armbian()
 			echo "$targetuuid	/		$choosen_fs	${mountopts[$choosen_fs]}" >> "${TempDir}"/rootfs/etc/fstab
 			# swap file not supported under btrfs but we might have made a partition
 			[[ -n ${emmcswapuuid} ]] && sed -e 's,/var/swap.*,'$emmcswapuuid' 	none		swap	sw								0	0,g' -i "${TempDir}"/rootfs/etc/fstab
-			[[ -f "${TempDir}"/bootfs/boot/armbianEnv.txt ]] && sed -e 's,rootfstype=.*,rootfstype='$eMMCFilesystemChoosen',g' -i "${TempDir}"/bootfs/boot/armbianEnv.txt
+			if [[ -f "${TempDir}"/bootfs/boot/armbianEnv.txt ]]; then
+			    sed -e 's,rootfstype=.*,rootfstype='$eMMCFilesystemChoosen',g' -i "${TempDir}"/bootfs/boot/armbianEnv.txt
+			else
+			    echo 'rootfstype='$eMMCFilesystemChoosen >>"${TempDir}"/bootfs/boot/armbianEnv.txt
+			fi
 		else
 			[[ -f "${TempDir}"/bootfs/boot/armbianEnv.txt ]] && sed -e 's,rootfstype=.*,rootfstype='$choosen_fs',g' -i "${TempDir}"/bootfs/boot/armbianEnv.txt
 			echo "$targetuuid	/		$choosen_fs	${mountopts[$choosen_fs]}" >> "${TempDir}"/rootfs/etc/fstab