diff --git a/mediatek/image/Makefile b/mediatek/image/Makefile
index 8a12cfeb95c2ba686b85aae046d7832868c19e7f..bcb04734743c0617fcc89f340277d7ade61b165b 100644
--- a/mediatek/image/Makefile
+++ b/mediatek/image/Makefile
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ define Device/Default
   DEVICE_DTS_DIR := $(DTS_DIR)
   DEVICE_DTS_LOADADDR := 0x43f00000
   KERNEL_NAME := Image
-  KERNEL := kernel-bin | lzma | iowrt-kernel-fit lzma
-  KERNEL_INITRAMFS := kernel-bin | lzma | iowrt-kernel-fit lzma
+  KERNEL := kernel-bin | lzma | iowrt-kernel-fit lzma external-static
+  KERNEL_INITRAMFS := kernel-bin | lzma | iowrt-kernel-fit lzma external-static
   KERNEL_LOADADDR = $(loadaddr-y)
   UBINIZE_OPTS := -E 5
   BLOCKSIZE := 128k
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ endef
 
 define Device/secure-boot
   SECURE_BOOT := 1
-  KERNEL := kernel-bin | lzma | iopsys-secure-boot | squashfs-encrypt | squashfs-hash | iowrt-kernel-fit lzma
+  KERNEL := kernel-bin | lzma | iopsys-secure-boot | squashfs-encrypt | squashfs-hash | iowrt-kernel-fit lzma external-static
   SECURE_BOOT_ROTPK_KEY_SIZE := 2048
   SECURE_BOOT_ROTPK_KEY_ALG := rsa
   SECURE_BOOT_ROTPK_HASH_ALG := sha256