diff --git a/qemu.mk b/qemu.mk
index b2b1c48920da31e905a5d9008c81d5e22bd0e9fa..b33b0e3afe06183c44c821cfe7c09a94d620a09b 100644
--- a/qemu.mk
+++ b/qemu.mk
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ LINUX_DEFCONFIG_COMMON_FILES := \
 
 linux-defconfig: $(LINUX_PATH)/.config
 
-LINUX_COMMON_FLAGS += ARCH=arm
+LINUX_COMMON_FLAGS += ARCH=arm zImage
 
 linux: linux-common
 	mkdir -p $(BINARIES_PATH)
diff --git a/qemu_v8.mk b/qemu_v8.mk
index 9a1535b2728df6207c9146d52203aff2d44a2649..64694fe38a876eceef13e2ed14abe83f3f99d50a 100644
--- a/qemu_v8.mk
+++ b/qemu_v8.mk
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ LINUX_DEFCONFIG_COMMON_FILES := \
 
 linux-defconfig: $(LINUX_PATH)/.config
 
-LINUX_COMMON_FLAGS += ARCH=arm64
+LINUX_COMMON_FLAGS += ARCH=arm64 zImage
 
 linux: linux-common
 	mkdir -p $(BINARIES_PATH)