1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/syslinux.bbclass b/meta/classes/syslinux.bbclass
index d6f882420e..959aed4fb8 100644
--- a/meta/classes/syslinux.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/syslinux.bbclass
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ do_bootimg[depends] += "${MLPREFIX}syslinux:do_populate_sysroot \
                         syslinux-native:do_populate_sysroot"
 
 ISOLINUXDIR ?= "/isolinux"
+KERNEL_IMAGETYPE ??= "bzImage"
 SYSLINUXDIR = "/"
 # The kernel has an internal default console, which you can override with
 # a console=...some_tty...
@@ -173,8 +174,9 @@ python build_syslinux_cfg () {
         if not root:
             bb.fatal('SYSLINUX_ROOT not defined')
 
+        kernel = localdata.getVar('KERNEL_IMAGETYPE')
         for btype in btypes:
-            cfgfile.write('LABEL %s%s\nKERNEL /vmlinuz\n' % (btype[0], label))
+            cfgfile.write('LABEL %s%s\nKERNEL /%s\n' % (btype[0], label, kernel))
 
             exargs = d.getVar('SYSLINUX_KERNEL_ARGS')
             if exargs: