diff --git a/recipes-extra/rauc/rauc.bb b/recipes-extra/rauc/rauc.bb
index e54d10b..fbd2ea3 100644
--- a/recipes-extra/rauc/rauc.bb
+++ b/recipes-extra/rauc/rauc.bb
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ RDEPENDS_${PN}_append_sysmobts-v2 = " barebox-state"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}_append_sysmocom-odu = " barebox-state"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}_append_sysmocom-bsc = " grub"
 
+EXTRA_OECONF += " ac_cv_prog_MKSQUASHFS=mksquashfs"
+
 FILES_${PN} += "/mnt/rauc"
 FILES_${PN} += "${base_libdir}/udev/rules.d/*.rules"