diff --git a/openpower/linux/linux-0017-Release-4.2.4-openpower1.patch b/openpower/linux/linux-0017-Release-4.2.4-openpower1.patch
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+From bf1e944d54077e1452092898069a0dacf18c381a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Joel Stanley <joel@jms.id.au>
+Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 15:01:06 +1030
+Subject: [PATCH 17/17] Release 4.2.4-openpower1
+
+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 a952801..d8175be 100644
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+ VERSION = 4
+ PATCHLEVEL = 2
+ SUBLEVEL = 4
+-EXTRAVERSION =
++EXTRAVERSION = -openpower1
+ NAME = Hurr durr I'ma sheep
+ 
+ # *DOCUMENTATION*
+-- 
+2.5.0
+