1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
index 85d1158bd3..673cfad231 100644
--- a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
@@ -68,13 +68,15 @@ UBOOT_LOADADDRESS ?= "${UBOOT_ENTRYPOINT}"
 # We don't want to override kernel Makefile variables from the environment
 EXTRA_OEMAKE = ""
 
+KERNEL_ALT_IMAGETYPE ??= ""
+
 kernel_do_compile() {
         unset CFLAGS CPPFLAGS CXXFLAGS LDFLAGS MACHINE
         oe_runmake include/linux/version.h CC="${KERNEL_CC}" LD="${KERNEL_LD}"
         if [ "${KERNEL_MAJOR_VERSION}" != "2.6" ]; then
                 oe_runmake dep CC="${KERNEL_CC}" LD="${KERNEL_LD}"
         fi
-        oe_runmake ${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE} CC="${KERNEL_CC}" LD="${KERNEL_LD}"
+        oe_runmake ${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE} ${KERNEL_ALT_IMAGETYPE} CC="${KERNEL_CC}" LD="${KERNEL_LD}"
         if (grep -q -i -e '^CONFIG_MODULES=y$' .config); then
                 oe_runmake modules  CC="${KERNEL_CC}" LD="${KERNEL_LD}"
         else