diff --git a/board/wandboard/genimage.cfg b/board/wandboard/genimage.cfg
index b23a91b0b8..ad4a6a55d5 100644
--- a/board/wandboard/genimage.cfg
+++ b/board/wandboard/genimage.cfg
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ image sdcard.img {
   partition rootfs {
     partition-type = 0x83
     image = "rootfs.ext4"
+    offset = 1M
     size = 512M
   }
 }