diff --git a/package/utils/bcm4908img/Makefile b/package/utils/bcm4908img/Makefile
index ff504a8078..fbb91fba73 100644
--- a/package/utils/bcm4908img/Makefile
+++ b/package/utils/bcm4908img/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=bcm4908img
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 
 PKG_FLAGS:=nonshared
 
diff --git a/package/utils/bcm4908img/src/bcm4908img.c b/package/utils/bcm4908img/src/bcm4908img.c
index f2023ced9f..240fe895d9 100644
--- a/package/utils/bcm4908img/src/bcm4908img.c
+++ b/package/utils/bcm4908img/src/bcm4908img.c
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ struct bcm4908img_tail {
  * 4. padding  ├─ firmware
  * 5. rootfs  ─┘
  * 6. BCM4908 tail
+ * 7. (Optional) vendor tail
  */
 struct bcm4908img_info {
 	size_t cferom_offset;
@@ -249,6 +250,16 @@ struct chk_header {
 	char board_id[0];
 };
 
+struct linksys_tail {
+	char magic[9];
+	uint8_t version[8];
+	char model[15];
+	uint32_t crc32;
+	uint8_t padding[9];
+	uint8_t signature[16];
+	uint8_t reserved[192];
+};
+
 static bool bcm4908img_is_all_ff(const void *buf, size_t length)
 {
 	const uint8_t *in = buf;
@@ -264,6 +275,7 @@ static bool bcm4908img_is_all_ff(const void *buf, size_t length)
 
 static int bcm4908img_parse(FILE *fp, struct bcm4908img_info *info) {
 	struct bcm4908img_tail *tail = &info->tail;
+	struct linksys_tail *linksys;
 	struct chk_header *chk;
 	struct stat st;
 	uint8_t buf[1024];
@@ -297,6 +309,16 @@ static int bcm4908img_parse(FILE *fp, struct bcm4908img_info *info) {
 	if (be32_to_cpu(chk->magic) == 0x2a23245e)
 		info->cferom_offset = be32_to_cpu(chk->header_len);
 
+	fseek(fp, -sizeof(buf), SEEK_END);
+	if (fread(buf, 1, sizeof(buf), fp) != sizeof(buf)) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Failed to read file header\n");
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+	linksys = (void *)(buf + sizeof(buf) - sizeof(*linksys));
+	if (!memcmp(linksys->magic, ".LINKSYS.", sizeof(linksys->magic))) {
+		info->tail_offset -= sizeof(*linksys);
+	}
+
 	/* Offsets */
 
 	for (info->bootfs_offset = info->cferom_offset;