diff --git a/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig b/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig
index 7be4e54e314365..deda33ac40689e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+CONFIG_LOCALVERSION="-linaro-hikey960"
+# CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO is not set
 CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
 CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE=y
 CONFIG_AUDIT=y