diff --git a/build_library/disk_layout_util.sh b/build_library/disk_layout_util.sh
index 5040b73..3d90b23 100644
--- a/build_library/disk_layout_util.sh
+++ b/build_library/disk_layout_util.sh
@@ -363,7 +363,8 @@
 
   case ${fs_format} in
   ext[234])
-    sudo mkfs.${fs_format} -F -q -U 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 \
+    sudo mkfs.${fs_format} -F -q -O ext_attr \
+        -U 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 \
         -E lazy_itable_init=0 \
         -b ${fs_block_size} "${part_dev}" "$((fs_bytes / fs_block_size))"
     sudo tune2fs -L "${fs_label}" \