diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/kernel-uimage.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/kernel-uimage.bbclass
index cedb4fa..2e661ea 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/kernel-uimage.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/kernel-uimage.bbclass
@@ -30,6 +30,6 @@
 			awk '$3=="${UBOOT_ENTRYSYMBOL}" {print "0x"$1;exit}'`
 	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 ${B}/arch/${ARCH}/boot/uImage
+	uboot-mkimage -A ${UBOOT_ARCH} -O linux -T ${UBOOT_MKIMAGE_KERNEL_TYPE} -C "${linux_comp}" -a ${UBOOT_LOADADDRESS} -e $ENTRYPOINT -n "${DISTRO_NAME}/${PV}/${MACHINE}" -d linux.bin ${B}/arch/${ARCH}/boot/uImage
 	rm -f linux.bin
 }