diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/bootcdx86.conf b/meta/conf/machine/bootcdx86.conf
index a9d559587b..ab10974e13 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/bootcdx86.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/bootcdx86.conf
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 
 require conf/machine/qemux86.conf
 
-IMAGE_ROOTFS_SIZE_ext2 = "60000"
+IMAGE_ROOTFS_SIZE_ext2 = "70000"