diff --git a/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass b/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
index 69f859e..601a5fb 100644
--- a/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def get_imagecmds(d):
 
 runimagecmd () {
 	# Image generation code for image type ${type}
-	ROOTFS_SIZE=`du -ks ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}|awk '{size = $1 * ${IMAGE_OVERHEAD_FACTOR}; print (size > ${IMAGE_ROOTFS_SIZE} ? size : ${IMAGE_ROOTFS_SIZE}) }'`
+	ROOTFS_SIZE=`du -ks ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}|awk '{size = $1 * ${IMAGE_OVERHEAD_FACTOR} + ${IMAGE_ROOTFS_EXTRA_SPACE}; print (size > ${IMAGE_ROOTFS_SIZE} ? size : ${IMAGE_ROOTFS_SIZE}) }'`
 	${cmd}
 	cd ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/
 	rm -f ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${IMAGE_LINK_NAME}.${type}
diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index 18028f3..35fd6f8 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -350,6 +350,10 @@ IMAGE_LINK_NAME = "${IMAGE_BASENAME}-${MACHINE}"
 # This option allows for a precentage overage of the actaul image size rather than a
 # fixed extra space
 IMAGE_OVERHEAD_FACTOR ?= 1.3
+# This option allow for adding addition space in K above and beyond what the 
+# IMAGE_OVERHEAD_FACTOR might add. To set a fixed size then overrideing IMAGE_ROOTFS_SIZE
+# with the max size one wants should do the trick
+IMAGE_ROOTFS_EXTRA_SPACE = "0"
 
 EXTRA_IMAGEDEPENDS = ""