diff --git a/board/freescale/imxrt1050evk/genimage.cfg b/board/freescale/imxrt1050evk/genimage.cfg
index daa51bdbe0..64fc8452f8 100644
--- a/board/freescale/imxrt1050evk/genimage.cfg
+++ b/board/freescale/imxrt1050evk/genimage.cfg
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 image boot.vfat {
 	vfat {
 		files = {
-			"uImage",
+			"zImage",
 			"imxrt1050-evk.dtb",
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/board/freescale/imxrt1050evk/uboot.fragment b/board/freescale/imxrt1050evk/uboot.fragment
index 1c5bb6af35..dd45ca4c29 100644
--- a/board/freescale/imxrt1050evk/uboot.fragment
+++ b/board/freescale/imxrt1050evk/uboot.fragment
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 CONFIG_USE_BOOTCOMMAND=y
-CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND="setenv bootargs console=ttyLP0 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rw earlycon rootwait;load mmc 0:1 0x80800000 imxrt1050-evk.dtb;load mmc 0:1 0x80000000 uImage;bootm 0x80000000 - 0x80800000"
+CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND="setenv bootargs console=ttyLP0 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rw earlycon rootwait;load mmc 0:1 0x80800000 imxrt1050-evk.dtb;load mmc 0:1 0x80000000 zImage;bootz 0x80000000 - 0x80800000"
diff --git a/configs/imxrt1050-evk_defconfig b/configs/imxrt1050-evk_defconfig
index 3eb556df06..947abe5df2 100644
--- a/configs/imxrt1050-evk_defconfig
+++ b/configs/imxrt1050-evk_defconfig
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="6.7"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG="imxrt"
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_UIMAGE=y
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_ZIMAGE=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTS_SUPPORT=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INTREE_DTS_NAME="nxp/imx/imxrt1050-evk"