diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a2b04b3eaba..79ddce41d2a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -378,8 +378,13 @@ ifeq ($(HV),kubevirt)
 else
         #kube container will not be in non-kubevirt builds
         PKGS_$(ZARCH)=$(shell find pkg -maxdepth 1 -type d | grep -Ev "eve|alpine|sources|kube|external-boot-image|verification$$")
+# nvidia platform requires more space
+ifeq ($(PLATFORM),nvidia)
+        ROOTFS_MAXSIZE_MB=450
+else
         ROOTFS_MAXSIZE_MB=250
 endif
+endif
 
 PKGS_riscv64=pkg/ipxe pkg/mkconf pkg/mkimage-iso-efi pkg/grub     \
              pkg/mkimage-raw-efi pkg/uefi pkg/u-boot pkg/cross-compilers \