diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/image_types.bbclass b/meta/classes-recip=
e/image_types.bbclass
index 764e6a5574..ae00728a74 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/image_types.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/image_types.bbclass
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ XZ_INTEGRITY_CHECK ?=3D "crc32"
=20
 ZIP_COMPRESSION_LEVEL ?=3D "-9"
=20
+7ZIP_COMPRESSION_LEVEL ?=3D "9"
+7ZIP_COMPRESSION_METHOD ?=3D "BZip2"
+7ZIP_EXTENSION ?=3D "7z"
+
 ZSTD_COMPRESSION_LEVEL ?=3D "-3"
=20
 JFFS2_SUM_EXTRA_ARGS ?=3D ""
@@ -304,7 +308,7 @@ IMAGE_TYPES:append:x86-64 =3D " hddimg iso"
 # CONVERSION_CMD/DEPENDS.
 COMPRESSIONTYPES ?=3D ""
=20
-CONVERSIONTYPES =3D "gz bz2 lzma xz lz4 lzo zip zst sum md5sum sha1sum s=
ha224sum sha256sum sha384sum sha512sum bmap u-boot vmdk vhd vhdx vdi qcow=
2 base64 gzsync zsync ${COMPRESSIONTYPES}"
+CONVERSIONTYPES =3D "gz bz2 lzma xz lz4 lzo zip 7zip zst sum md5sum sha1=
sum sha224sum sha256sum sha384sum sha512sum bmap u-boot vmdk vhd vhdx vdi=