diff --git a/configs/broadcom_northstar_defconfig b/configs/broadcom_northstar_defconfig
index 9ae716726d..bbd368ac79 100644
--- a/configs/broadcom_northstar_defconfig
+++ b/configs/broadcom_northstar_defconfig
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 BR2_arm=y
 BR2_cortex_a9=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_6_6=y
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_IMAGE_SCRIPT="board/broadcom/northstar/post-image.sh"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="6.6.9"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_CUSTOM_CONFIG=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE="board/broadcom/northstar/linux.config"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_APPENDED_ZIMAGE=y