diff --git a/conf/machine/include/k3.inc b/conf/machine/include/k3.inc
index 349f4fda..81139571 100644
--- a/conf/machine/include/k3.inc
+++ b/conf/machine/include/k3.inc
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ PREFERRED_PROVIDER_u-boot = "u-boot-ti-staging"
 
 KERNEL_IMAGETYPE = "Image"
 KERNEL_IMAGETYPES = "Image fitImage"
+KERNEL_CLASSES += "kernel-fitimage"
 
 UBOOT_ARCH = "arm"
 UBOOT_ENTRYPOINT = "0x80008000"