diff --git a/openpower/linux/0008-Release-OpenPower-kernel.patch b/openpower/linux/0008-Release-OpenPower-kernel.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a1240f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openpower/linux/0008-Release-OpenPower-kernel.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Joel Stanley <joel@jms.id.au>
+Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2019 11:40:02 +0930
+Subject: [PATCH 8/8] Release OpenPower kernel
+
+Signed-off-by: Joel Stanley <joel@jms.id.au>
+---
+ Makefile | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
+index 7a3e659c79ae..6f9b6f4b3b5c 100644
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
+ VERSION = 5
+ PATCHLEVEL = 3
+ SUBLEVEL = 7
+-EXTRAVERSION =
++EXTRAVERSION = -openpower1
+ NAME = Bobtail Squid
+ 
+ # *DOCUMENTATION*