diff --git a/include/kernel-defaults.mk b/include/kernel-defaults.mk
index 7c99182a46..4b5de5b488 100644
--- a/include/kernel-defaults.mk
+++ b/include/kernel-defaults.mk
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ define Kernel/Configure/Default
 	awk '/^(#[[:space:]]+)?CONFIG_KERNEL/{sub("CONFIG_KERNEL_","CONFIG_");print}' $(TOPDIR)/.config >> $(LINUX_DIR)/.config.target
 	echo "# CONFIG_KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS is not set" >> $(LINUX_DIR)/.config.target
 	echo "# CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL is not set" >> $(LINUX_DIR)/.config.target
-	echo "# CONFIG_KALLSYMS_UNCOMPRESSED is not set" >> $(LINUX_DIR)/.config.target
+	echo "CONFIG_KALLSYMS_UNCOMPRESSED=y" >> $(LINUX_DIR)/.config.target
 	$(SCRIPT_DIR)/metadata.pl kconfig $(TMP_DIR)/.packageinfo $(TOPDIR)/.config $(KERNEL_PATCHVER) > $(LINUX_DIR)/.config.override
 	$(SCRIPT_DIR)/kconfig.pl 'm+' '+' $(LINUX_DIR)/.config.target /dev/null $(LINUX_DIR)/.config.override > $(LINUX_DIR)/.config.set
 	$(call Kernel/SetNoInitramfs)