diff --git a/scripts/metadata.pl b/scripts/metadata.pl
index 54ac06390..aa66e5309 100755
--- a/scripts/metadata.pl
+++ b/scripts/metadata.pl
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ sub target_config_features(@) {
 		/ext2/ and $ret .= "\tselect USES_EXT2\n";
 		/tgz/ and $ret .= "\tselect USES_TGZ\n";
 		/cpiogz/ and $ret .= "\tselect USES_CPIOGZ\n";
+		/ubifs/ and $ret .= "\tselect USES_UBIFS\n";
 		/fpu/ and $ret .= "\tselect HAS_FPU\n";
 		/ramdisk/ and $ret .= "\tselect USES_INITRAMFS\n";
 		/powerpc64/ and $ret .= "\tselect powerpc64\n";
diff --git a/target/linux/xburst/Makefile b/target/linux/xburst/Makefile
index af06766f7..04df7bda8 100644
--- a/target/linux/xburst/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/xburst/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 ARCH:=mipsel
 BOARD:=xburst
 BOARDNAME:=XBurst JZ47x0
-FEATURES:=jffs2 tgz
+FEATURES:=jffs2 tgz ubifs
 
 LINUX_VERSION:=2.6.31