diff --git a/meta-npcm7xx/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-obmc_%.bbappend b/meta-npcm7xx/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-obmc_%.bbappend
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e59c109
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-npcm7xx/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-obmc_%.bbappend
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend_npcm7xx := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:"
+SRC_URI_append_npcm7xx = " file://defconfig"