diff --git a/conf/machine/include/omap-a15.inc b/conf/machine/include/omap-a15.inc
index d5ce54ac..0ea428f2 100644
--- a/conf/machine/include/omap-a15.inc
+++ b/conf/machine/include/omap-a15.inc
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/bootloader = "u-boot-ti-staging"
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_u-boot = "u-boot-ti-staging"
 
 KERNEL_IMAGETYPE = "zImage"
+KERNEL_IMAGETYPES = "zImage uImage"
+KERNEL_CLASSES += "kernel-uimage"
 
 UBOOT_ARCH = "arm"
 UBOOT_ENTRYPOINT = "0x80008000"