diff --git a/patches/systemvm/debian/buildsystemvm.sh b/patches/systemvm/debian/buildsystemvm.sh
index 3c9912340d0..7f6188a5fd9 100755
--- a/patches/systemvm/debian/buildsystemvm.sh
+++ b/patches/systemvm/debian/buildsystemvm.sh
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ fixfstab() {
   cat > etc/fstab << EOF
 # <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
 proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
-LABEL=ROOT      /               ext3    errors=remount-ro 0       1
+LABEL=ROOT      /               ext3    errors=remount-ro,sync,noatime 0       1
 EOF
 }