diff --git a/changelog/changes/2025-02-25-erofs.md b/changelog/changes/2025-02-25-erofs.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e1c6456e0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/changes/2025-02-25-erofs.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Enabled EROFS module with XATTR support ([Flatcar#1659](https://github.com/flatcar/Flatcar/issues/1659))
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/files/commonconfig-6.6 b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/files/commonconfig-6.6
index 4ceaee3005..f8a1905706 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/files/commonconfig-6.6
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/files/commonconfig-6.6
@@ -177,6 +177,8 @@ CONFIG_EFI_STUB=y
 CONFIG_ENA_ETHERNET=m
 CONFIG_ENCLOSURE_SERVICES=m
 CONFIG_ENCRYPTED_KEYS=m
+CONFIG_EROFS_FS=m
+CONFIG_EROFS_FS_XATTR=y
 CONFIG_EXPERT=y
 CONFIG_EXT4_FS=m
 CONFIG_EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL=y