diff --git a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux_3.1.bb b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux_3.1.bb
index 0fe6d662..591e811e 100644
--- a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux_3.1.bb
+++ b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux_3.1.bb
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 require linux.inc
 
+COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "omap3"
+
 DESCRIPTION = "Linux kernel for TI processors"
 KERNEL_IMAGETYPE = "uImage"