diff --git a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-ti-staging_4.1.bb b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-ti-staging_4.1.bb
index 9be51fdb..3b343dd5 100644
--- a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-ti-staging_4.1.bb
+++ b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-ti-staging_4.1.bb
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ RDEPENDS_kernel-base_append_k2hk-evm = " netcp-pa-fw"
 RDEPENDS_kernel-base_append_k2e-evm = " netcp-pa-fw"
 RDEPENDS_kernel-base_append_k2l-evm = " netcp-pa-fw"
 
+# Add run-time dependency for PRU Ethernet firmware to the rootfs
+RDEPENDS_kernel-base_append_am57xx-evm = " prueth-fw"
+
 # Default is to package all dtb files for ti33x devices unless building
 # for the specific beaglebone machine.
 KERNEL_DEVICETREE_ti33x = "am335x-evm.dtb am335x-evmsk.dtb am335x-bone.dtb am335x-boneblack.dtb"
@@ -69,7 +72,7 @@ SRCREV = "f5caecb092f6e8c642101f8c56c3fbb136de7052"
 PV = "4.1.18+git${SRCPV}"
 
 # Append to the MACHINE_KERNEL_PR so that a new SRCREV will cause a rebuild
-MACHINE_KERNEL_PR_append = "b"
+MACHINE_KERNEL_PR_append = "c"
 PR = "${MACHINE_KERNEL_PR}"
 
 KERNEL_CONFIG_DIR = "${S}/ti_config_fragments"