diff --git a/layers/meta-balena-raspberrypi/recipes-core/images/balena-image.bbappend b/layers/meta-balena-raspberrypi/recipes-core/images/balena-image.bbappend
index 11488a03..76685e53 100644
--- a/layers/meta-balena-raspberrypi/recipes-core/images/balena-image.bbappend
+++ b/layers/meta-balena-raspberrypi/recipes-core/images/balena-image.bbappend
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ RPI_KERNEL_DEVICETREE:remove:revpi = "bcm2708-rpi-zero-w.dtb bcm2710-rpi-3-b-plu
 # this being a pi4 based board, increase to 400 MiB (up from 320 MiB) to make sure we have enough space in the rootfs
 IMAGE_ROOTFS_SIZE:raspberrypi4-superhub="409600"
 
+# Double the root partition size from 320MiB to 640MiB and boot partition size from 40MiB to 80MiB for the Pi5
+IMAGE_ROOTFS_SIZE:raspberrypi5-64="655360"
+BALENA_BOOT_SIZE:raspberrypi5-64="81920"
+
 IMAGE_INSTALL:append:raspberrypi4-superhub = " \
     phoenix-peripheral \
     phoenix-peripheral-button-trig \