diff --git a/config/functions b/config/functions
index 7b63aab0b6..f6964b08d8 100644
--- a/config/functions
+++ b/config/functions
@@ -56,7 +56,13 @@ setup_toolchain() {
 }
 
 kernel_path() {
-  ls -d $ROOT/$BUILD/linux-*
+  if [ -f $ROOT/packages/linux/package.mk ] ; then
+    . $ROOT/packages/linux/package.mk
+  elif [ -f $ROOT/packages/linux/meta ] ; then
+    # TODO: remove
+    . $ROOT/packages/linux/meta
+  fi
+  echo $ROOT/$BUILD/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}
 }
 
 tolower(){