diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index df338c5cc9103c067185ebd26ebf7f36ad426dc9..80d114a3a837d0f3697fc25c7f31067c83bbfa26 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -83,6 +83,12 @@ config GENERIC_TBSYNC
 	default y if PPC32 && SMP
 	default n
 
+config DEFAULT_UIMAGE
+	bool
+	help
+	  Used to allow a board to specify it wants a uImage built by default
+	default n
+
 menu "Processor support"
 choice
 	prompt "Processor Type"
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
index 44dd82b791d17075f2ff44ea1ed2eb47c1024759..15fc3e98ac5c1d08a7ee7a61c28d2c07fc58c4de 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ drivers-$(CONFIG_OPROFILE)	+= arch/powerpc/oprofile/
 # Default to zImage, override when needed
 defaultimage-y			:= zImage
 defaultimage-$(CONFIG_PPC_ISERIES) := vmlinux
+defaultimage-$(CONFIG_DEFAULT_UIMAGE) := uImage
 KBUILD_IMAGE := $(defaultimage-y)
 all: $(KBUILD_IMAGE)