diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel-uimage.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel-uimage.bbclass
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+++ b/meta/classes/kernel-uimage.bbclass
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+inherit kernel-uboot
+
+python __anonymous () {
+    kerneltype = d.getVar('KERNEL_IMAGETYPE', True)
+    if kerneltype == 'uImage':
+        depends = d.getVar("DEPENDS", True)
+        depends = "%s u-boot-mkimage-native" % depends
+        d.setVar("DEPENDS", depends)
+
+	# Override KERNEL_IMAGETYPE_FOR_MAKE variable, which is internal
+	# to kernel.bbclass . We override the variable here, since we need
+	# to build uImage using the kernel build system if and only if
+	# KEEPUIMAGE == yes. Otherwise, we pack compressed vmlinux into
+	# the uImage .
+	if d.getVar("KEEPUIMAGE", True) != 'yes':
+            d.setVar("KERNEL_IMAGETYPE_FOR_MAKE", "zImage")
+}
+
+do_uboot_mkimage() {
+	if test "x${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE}" = "xuImage" ; then
+		if test "x${KEEPUIMAGE}" != "xyes" ; then
+			uboot_prep_kimage
+
+			ENTRYPOINT=${UBOOT_ENTRYPOINT}
+			if test -n "${UBOOT_ENTRYSYMBOL}"; then
+				ENTRYPOINT=`${HOST_PREFIX}nm ${S}/vmlinux | \
+					awk '$3=="${UBOOT_ENTRYSYMBOL}" {print $1}'`
+			fi
+
+			uboot-mkimage -A ${UBOOT_ARCH} -O linux -T kernel -C "${linux_comp}" -a ${UBOOT_LOADADDRESS} -e $ENTRYPOINT -n "${DISTRO_NAME}/${PV}/${MACHINE}" -d linux.bin arch/${ARCH}/boot/uImage
+			rm -f linux.bin
+		fi
+	fi
+}
+
+addtask uboot_mkimage before do_install after do_compile