diff --git a/configs/beagleboardx15_defconfig b/configs/beagleboardx15_defconfig
index 25ee21b8f6..393b29eef0 100644
--- a/configs/beagleboardx15_defconfig
+++ b/configs/beagleboardx15_defconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 BR2_arm=y
 BR2_cortex_a15=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_4_9=y
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_IMAGE_SCRIPT="board/beagleboardx15/post-image.sh"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y