diff --git a/board/qemu/powerpc-g3beige/linux-3.1.config b/board/qemu/powerpc-g3beige/linux-3.2.config
similarity index 100%
rename from board/qemu/powerpc-g3beige/linux-3.1.config
rename to board/qemu/powerpc-g3beige/linux-3.2.config
diff --git a/board/qemu/powerpc-g3beige/readme.txt b/board/qemu/powerpc-g3beige/readme.txt
index 1006af9aac..a481b11dda 100644
--- a/board/qemu/powerpc-g3beige/readme.txt
+++ b/board/qemu/powerpc-g3beige/readme.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Run the emulation with:
 
-  qemu-system-ppc -M g3beige -kernel vmlinux -hda rootfs.ext2 -append "console=ttyS0 root=/dev/hdc" -serial stdio
+  qemu-system-ppc -M g3beige -kernel output/images/vmlinux -hda output/images/rootfs.ext2 -append "console=ttyS0 root=/dev/hdc" -serial stdio
 
 The login prompt will appear in the terminal that started Qemu. The
 graphical window is the framebuffer.
diff --git a/configs/qemu_ppc_g3beige_defconfig b/configs/qemu_ppc_g3beige_defconfig
index cf875f0a4a..432a74617b 100644
--- a/configs/qemu_ppc_g3beige_defconfig
+++ b/configs/qemu_ppc_g3beige_defconfig
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2=y
 # Kernel
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="3.1"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="3.2.6"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_CUSTOM_CONFIG=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE="board/qemu/powerpc-g3beige/linux-3.1.config"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE="board/qemu/powerpc-g3beige/linux-3.2.config"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_VMLINUX=y
 
 # Serial port config