diff --git a/configs/beaglebone_defconfig b/configs/beaglebone_defconfig
index 4e60e3f44a..2996336839 100644
--- a/configs/beaglebone_defconfig
+++ b/configs/beaglebone_defconfig
@@ -34,5 +34,6 @@ BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_REPO_URL="git://git.ti.com/ti-linux-kernel/ti-linux-kern
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_REPO_VERSION="7f280334068b7c875ade51f8f3921ab311f0c824"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_CUSTOM_CONFIG=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE="board/beaglebone/linux-3.12.config"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_ZIMAGE=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTS_SUPPORT=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INTREE_DTS_NAME="am335x-bone"