diff --git a/target/linux/ar71xx/image/Makefile b/target/linux/ar71xx/image/Makefile
index 4d86889a5e..67764d647c 100644
--- a/target/linux/ar71xx/image/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/ar71xx/image/Makefile
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ define Image/BuildKernel
 	$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/lzma e $(KDIR)/vmlinux $(KDIR)/vmlinux.bin.l7
 	dd if=$(KDIR)/vmlinux.bin.l7 of=$(BIN_DIR)/openwrt-$(BOARD)-vmlinux.lzma bs=65536 conv=sync
 	dd if=$(KDIR)/vmlinux.bin.gz of=$(BIN_DIR)/openwrt-$(BOARD)-vmlinux.gz bs=65536 conv=sync
+	$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/lzma e $(KDIR)/vmlinux $(KDIR)/vmlinux.lzma
+	mkimage -A mips -O linux -T kernel -a 0x80060000 -C gzip -e \
+		0x80060000 \
+		-n 'MIPS OpenWrt Linux-$(LINUX_VERSION)' \
+		-d $(KDIR)/vmlinux.bin.gz $(BIN_DIR)/openwrt-$(BOARD)-uImage.gz
 endef
 
 define Image/Build/squashfs