diff --git a/buildroot-external/board/arm-uefi/generic-aarch64/kernel.config b/buildroot-external/board/arm-uefi/generic-aarch64/kernel.config
index 2990764b7..591e68c7d 100644
--- a/buildroot-external/board/arm-uefi/generic-aarch64/kernel.config
+++ b/buildroot-external/board/arm-uefi/generic-aarch64/kernel.config
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ CONFIG_VIRTIO_IOMMU=m
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_ENGINE=m
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEV_VIRTIO=m
 
+# options for backward compatibility
+CONFIG_ARMV8_DEPRECATED=y
+CONFIG_SWP_EMULATION=y
+CONFIG_CP15_BARRIER_EMULATION=y
+CONFIG_SETEND_EMULATION=y
+
 # These options are needed for virtio-fs
 CONFIG_FUSE_FS=y
 CONFIG_VIRTIO_FS=y