diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/wic.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/wic.py
index 1bb6191327..c02760701e 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/wic.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/wic.py
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ part /mnt --source rootfs --ondisk mmcblk0 --fstype=ext4 --exclude-path bin/whoa
                 wks.flush()
                 config = 'IMAGE_ROOTFS_EXTRA_SPACE = "500000"\n'\
                          'DEPENDS:pn-core-image-minimal += "wic-tools"\n'\
-                         'IMAGE_FSTYPES += "wic"\n'\
+                         'IMAGE_FSTYPES += "wic ext4"\n'\
                          'WKS_FILE = "%s"\n' % wks.name
                 self.append_config(config)
                 bitbake('core-image-minimal')