diff --git a/board/myna-player-odyssey/scripts/initramfs_postbuild.sh b/board/myna-player-odyssey/scripts/initramfs_postbuild.sh
index faf744d..9a87431 100755
--- a/board/myna-player-odyssey/scripts/initramfs_postbuild.sh
+++ b/board/myna-player-odyssey/scripts/initramfs_postbuild.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 dbus-uuidgen > "${BR2_EXTERNAL_MynaPlayer_PATH}"/board/myna-player-odyssey/utilities/machine-id
 cp "${BR2_EXTERNAL_MynaPlayer_PATH}"/board/myna-player-odyssey/utilities/machine-id \
 "${TARGET_DIR}"/etc/machine-id
-chmod 444 "${TARGET_DIR}"/etc/machine-id
 
 # lets point emergency.target to reboot.target
 
diff --git a/board/myna-player-odyssey/scripts/rootfs_postbuild.sh b/board/myna-player-odyssey/scripts/rootfs_postbuild.sh
index 80caff7..dccf42b 100755
--- a/board/myna-player-odyssey/scripts/rootfs_postbuild.sh
+++ b/board/myna-player-odyssey/scripts/rootfs_postbuild.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 
 . "${BR2_EXTERNAL_MynaPlayer_PATH}"/scripts/certs.sh
 
+# copy machine-id into the target
+
+cp "${BR2_EXTERNAL_MynaPlayer_PATH}"/board/myna-player-odyssey/utilities/machine-id \
+	"${TARGET_DIR}"/etc/machine-id
+
 # Moving kernel modules into place
 
 rsync -ar "${BASE_DIR}"/../kmod/modules/* \
diff --git a/board/myna-player-odyssey/utilities/device-table b/board/myna-player-odyssey/utilities/device-table
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7fddade
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board/myna-player-odyssey/utilities/device-table
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/etc/machine-id f 444 root root - - - - -
diff --git a/configs/myna_player_odyssey_defconfig b/configs/myna_player_odyssey_defconfig
index 5c8682d..e547f70 100644
--- a/configs/myna_player_odyssey_defconfig
+++ b/configs/myna_player_odyssey_defconfig
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_HOSTNAME="MynaPlayer"
 BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_ISSUE="Welcome to MynaPlayer"
 BR2_INIT_SYSTEMD=y
+BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_TABLE="$(BR2_EXTERNAL_MynaPlayer_PATH)/board/myna-player-odyssey/utilities/device-table"
+BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_TABLE_SUPPORTS_EXTENDED_ATTRIBUTES=y
 BR2_SYSTEM_BIN_SH_BASH=y
 # BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY is not set
 # BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_REMOUNT_ROOTFS_RW is not set
diff --git a/configs/myna_player_odyssey_initramfs_defconfig b/configs/myna_player_odyssey_initramfs_defconfig
index 8a92cfa..24fdede 100644
--- a/configs/myna_player_odyssey_initramfs_defconfig
+++ b/configs/myna_player_odyssey_initramfs_defconfig
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_CUSTOM_GLIBC=y
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_CXX=y
 BR2_INIT_SYSTEMD=y
+BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_TABLE="$(BR2_EXTERNAL_MynaPlayer_PATH)/board/myna-player-odyssey/utilities/device-table"
+BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_TABLE_SUPPORTS_EXTENDED_ATTRIBUTES=y
 # BR2_TARGET_ENABLE_ROOT_LOGIN is not set
 # BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY is not set
 # BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_REMOUNT_ROOTFS_RW is not set