diff --git a/configs/imx8mqevk_defconfig b/configs/imx8mqevk_defconfig
index 1981fa06c8..73f3f3dcc5 100644
--- a/configs/imx8mqevk_defconfig
+++ b/configs/imx8mqevk_defconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 BR2_aarch64=y
 BR2_ARM_FPU_VFPV3=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_5_8=y
 BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_PORT="ttymxc0"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_IMAGE_SCRIPT="board/freescale/common/imx/imx8-bootloader-prepare.sh board/freescale/common/imx/post-image.sh"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_SCRIPT_ARGS="${UBOOT_DIR}/arch/arm/dts/imx8mq-evk.dtb"