diff --git a/package/base-files/files/lib/upgrade/common.sh b/package/base-files/files/lib/upgrade/common.sh
index 9116206965..6122ae7712 100644
--- a/package/base-files/files/lib/upgrade/common.sh
+++ b/package/base-files/files/lib/upgrade/common.sh
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ jffs2_copy_config() {
 default_do_upgrade() {
 	sync
 	if [ "$SAVE_CONFIG" -eq 1 ]; then
-		get_image "$1" | mtd -j "$CONF_TAR" write - "${PART_NAME:-image}"
+		get_image "$1" | mtd $MTD_CONFIG_ARGS -j "$CONF_TAR" write - "${PART_NAME:-image}"
 	else
 		get_image "$1" | mtd write - "${PART_NAME:-image}"
 	fi
diff --git a/package/base-files/files/sbin/sysupgrade b/package/base-files/files/sbin/sysupgrade
index eb5ab035c6..14b09eb0b5 100755
--- a/package/base-files/files/sbin/sysupgrade
+++ b/package/base-files/files/sbin/sysupgrade
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 # initialize defaults
 RAMFS_COPY_BIN=""	# extra programs for temporary ramfs root
 RAMFS_COPY_DATA=""	# extra data files
+export MTD_CONFIG_ARGS=""
 export INTERACTIVE=0
 export VERBOSE=1
 export SAVE_CONFIG=1
diff --git a/package/system/mtd/src/mtd.c b/package/system/mtd/src/mtd.c
index a660486283..2ec02a871b 100644
--- a/package/system/mtd/src/mtd.c
+++ b/package/system/mtd/src/mtd.c
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ int quiet;
 int no_erase;
 int mtdsize = 0;
 int erasesize = 0;
+int jffs2_skip_bytes=0;
 
 int mtd_open(const char *mtd, bool block)
 {
@@ -339,7 +340,6 @@ resume:
 		fprintf(stderr, "Could not open mtd device: %s\n", mtd);
 		exit(1);
 	}
-
 	if (part_offset > 0) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Seeking on mtd device '%s' to: %u\n", mtd, part_offset);
 		lseek(fd, part_offset, SEEK_SET);
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ resume:
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		if (jffs2file) {
+		if (jffs2file && w >= jffs2_skip_bytes) {
 			if (memcmp(buf, JFFS2_EOF, sizeof(JFFS2_EOF) - 1) == 0) {
 				if (!quiet)
 					fprintf(stderr, "\b\b\b   ");
@@ -503,6 +503,7 @@ static void usage(void)
 	"        -e <device>             erase <device> before executing the command\n"
 	"        -d <name>               directory for jffs2write, defaults to \"tmp\"\n"
 	"        -j <name>               integrate <file> into jffs2 data when writing an image\n"
+	"        -s <number>             skip the first n bytes when appending data to the jffs2 partiton, defaults to \"0\"\n"
 	"        -p                      write beginning at partition offset\n");
 	if (mtd_fixtrx) {
 	    fprintf(stderr,
@@ -560,7 +561,7 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
 #ifdef FIS_SUPPORT
 			"F:"
 #endif
-			"frnqe:d:j:p:o:")) != -1)
+			"frnqe:d:s:j:p:o:")) != -1)
 		switch (ch) {
 			case 'f':
 				force = 1;
@@ -574,6 +575,14 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
 			case 'j':
 				jffs2file = optarg;
 				break;
+			case 's':
+				errno = 0;
+				jffs2_skip_bytes = strtoul(optarg, 0, 0);
+				if (errno) {
+						fprintf(stderr, "-s: illegal numeric string\n");
+						usage();
+				}
+				break;
 			case 'q':
 				quiet++;
 				break;
diff --git a/target/linux/ar71xx/base-files/lib/upgrade/platform.sh b/target/linux/ar71xx/base-files/lib/upgrade/platform.sh
index 266bf3fd5c..1eb9354057 100755
--- a/target/linux/ar71xx/base-files/lib/upgrade/platform.sh
+++ b/target/linux/ar71xx/base-files/lib/upgrade/platform.sh
@@ -327,6 +327,10 @@ platform_do_upgrade() {
 	om2p-lc)
 		platform_do_upgrade_openmesh "$ARGV"
 		;;
+	uap-pro)
+		MTD_CONFIG_ARGS="-s 0x180000"
+		default_do_upgrade "$ARGV"
+		;;
 	*)
 		default_do_upgrade "$ARGV"
 		;;