diff --git a/fs/iso9660/iso9660.mk b/fs/iso9660/iso9660.mk
index 06467262e0..38ed3cd970 100644
--- a/fs/iso9660/iso9660.mk
+++ b/fs/iso9660/iso9660.mk
@@ -42,11 +42,12 @@ define ROOTFS_ISO9660_CREATE_TEMPDIR
 endef
 ROOTFS_ISO9660_PRE_GEN_HOOKS += ROOTFS_ISO9660_CREATE_TEMPDIR
 else ifeq ($(BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_ISO9660_TRANSPARENT_COMPRESSION),y)
+ROOTFS_ISO9660_DEPENDENCIES += host-zisofs-tools
 ROOTFS_ISO9660_TARGET_DIR = $(FS_DIR)/rootfs.iso9660.tmp
-# This must be early, before we copy the bootloader files
+# This must be early, before we copy the bootloader files.
 define ROOTFS_ISO9660_MKZFTREE
 	$(RM) -rf $(ROOTFS_ISO9660_TARGET_DIR)
-	mkzftree -X -z 9 -p $(PARALLEL_JOBS) \
+	$(HOST_DIR)/bin/mkzftree -X -z 9 -p $(PARALLEL_JOBS) \
 		$(TARGET_DIR) \
 		$(ROOTFS_ISO9660_TARGET_DIR)
 endef
@@ -92,14 +93,13 @@ define ROOTFS_ISO9660_DISABLE_EXTERNAL_INITRD
 	$(SED) '/__INITRD_PATH__/d'  $(ROOTFS_ISO9660_BOOTLOADER_CONFIG_PATH)
 endef
 
-ifeq ($(ROOTFS_ISO9660_USE_INITRD),YES)
-
 # Copy the kernel to temporary filesystem
 define ROOTFS_ISO9660_COPY_KERNEL
 	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0644 $(LINUX_IMAGE_PATH) \
 		$(ROOTFS_ISO9660_TARGET_DIR)/boot/$(LINUX_IMAGE_NAME)
 endef
 
+ifeq ($(ROOTFS_ISO9660_USE_INITRD),YES)
 ROOTFS_ISO9660_PRE_GEN_HOOKS += ROOTFS_ISO9660_COPY_KERNEL
 
 # If initramfs is used, disable loading the initrd as the rootfs is
@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@ ROOTFS_ISO9660_PRE_GEN_HOOKS += ROOTFS_ISO9660_COPY_INITRD
 endif
 
 else # ROOTFS_ISO9660_USE_INITRD
+ifeq ($(BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_ISO9660_TRANSPARENT_COMPRESSION),y)
+# We must use the uncompressed kernel image
+ROOTFS_ISO9660_PRE_GEN_HOOKS += ROOTFS_ISO9660_COPY_KERNEL
+endif
 
 ROOTFS_ISO9660_PRE_GEN_HOOKS += ROOTFS_ISO9660_DISABLE_EXTERNAL_INITRD
 
diff --git a/support/testing/conf/minimal-x86-qemu-kernel.config b/support/testing/conf/minimal-x86-qemu-kernel.config
index 4aaaab7218..cc8ee6a713 100644
--- a/support/testing/conf/minimal-x86-qemu-kernel.config
+++ b/support/testing/conf/minimal-x86-qemu-kernel.config
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ CONFIG_VIRTIO_MMIO=y
 CONFIG_VIRTIO_MMIO_CMDLINE_DEVICES=y
 CONFIG_EXT4_FS=y
 CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=y
+CONFIG_ZISOFS=y
 CONFIG_JOLIET=y
 CONFIG_TMPFS=y
 CONFIG_TMPFS_POSIX_ACL=y