diff --git a/linux/Config.in b/linux/Config.in
index a188d9dad6..fdfd22889e 100644
--- a/linux/Config.in
+++ b/linux/Config.in
@@ -329,6 +329,10 @@ config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_XZ
 config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_ZSTD
 	bool "zstd compression"
 
+config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_UNCOMPRESSED
+	bool "uncompressed"
+	depends on BR2_s390x
+
 endchoice
 
 config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGE_TARGET_NAME
diff --git a/linux/linux.mk b/linux/linux.mk
index a212f42c28..7114c8d20c 100644
--- a/linux/linux.mk
+++ b/linux/linux.mk
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ LINUX_COMPRESSION_OPT_$(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_LZMA) += CONFIG_KERNEL_LZMA
 LINUX_COMPRESSION_OPT_$(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_LZO) += CONFIG_KERNEL_LZO
 LINUX_COMPRESSION_OPT_$(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_XZ) += CONFIG_KERNEL_XZ
 LINUX_COMPRESSION_OPT_$(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_ZSTD) += CONFIG_KERNEL_ZSTD
+LINUX_COMPRESSION_OPT_$(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_UNCOMPRESSED) += CONFIG_KERNEL_UNCOMPRESSED
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_NEEDS_HOST_OPENSSL),y)
 LINUX_DEPENDENCIES += host-openssl