diff --git a/linux/Config.in b/linux/Config.in
index 4010a9def8..7cef0f3655 100644
--- a/linux/Config.in
+++ b/linux/Config.in
@@ -263,6 +263,10 @@ config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGE
 	bool "Image"
 	depends on BR2_aarch64 || BR2_riscv
 
+config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGEGZ
+	bool "Image.gz"
+	depends on BR2_aarch64 || BR2_riscv
+
 config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_LINUX_BIN
 	bool "linux.bin"
 	depends on BR2_microblaze
diff --git a/linux/linux.mk b/linux/linux.mk
index c2ea0008d7..a212f42c28 100644
--- a/linux/linux.mk
+++ b/linux/linux.mk
@@ -204,6 +204,8 @@ else ifeq ($(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_SIMPLEIMAGE),y)
 LINUX_IMAGE_NAME = simpleImage.$(firstword $(LINUX_DTS_NAME))
 else ifeq ($(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGE),y)
 LINUX_IMAGE_NAME = Image
+else ifeq ($(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGEGZ),y)
+LINUX_IMAGE_NAME = Image.gz
 else ifeq ($(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_LINUX_BIN),y)
 LINUX_IMAGE_NAME = linux.bin
 else ifeq ($(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_VMLINUX_BIN),y)