diff --git a/usr/Kconfig b/usr/Kconfig
index 572dcf7b6a44..bf8e8f15358f 100644
--- a/usr/Kconfig
+++ b/usr/Kconfig
@@ -98,3 +98,13 @@ config RD_LZ4
 	help
 	  Support loading of a LZ4 encoded initial ramdisk or cpio buffer
 	  If unsure, say N.
+
+config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION
+	string
+	default ".gz"   if RD_GZIP
+	default ".lz4"  if RD_LZ4
+	default ".lzo"  if RD_LZO
+	default ".xz"   if RD_XZ
+	default ".lzma" if RD_LZMA
+	default ".bz2"  if RD_BZIP2
+	default ""
diff --git a/usr/Makefile b/usr/Makefile
index e767f019accf..17a513268325 100644
--- a/usr/Makefile
+++ b/usr/Makefile
@@ -5,25 +5,7 @@
 klibcdirs:;
 PHONY += klibcdirs
 
-
-# Bzip2
-suffix_$(CONFIG_RD_BZIP2)  = .bz2
-
-# Lzma
-suffix_$(CONFIG_RD_LZMA)   = .lzma
-
-# XZ
-suffix_$(CONFIG_RD_XZ)     = .xz
-
-# Lzo
-suffix_$(CONFIG_RD_LZO)    = .lzo
-
-# Lz4
-suffix_$(CONFIG_RD_LZ4)    = .lz4
-
-# Gzip
-suffix_$(CONFIG_RD_GZIP)   = .gz
-
+suffix_y = $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION)
 AFLAGS_initramfs_data.o += -DINITRAMFS_IMAGE="usr/initramfs_data.cpio$(suffix_y)"
 
 # Generate builtin.o based on initramfs_data.o