diff --git a/target/linux/kirkwood/Makefile b/target/linux/kirkwood/Makefile
index 94bee8ba2d9..1f5159e444f 100644
--- a/target/linux/kirkwood/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/kirkwood/Makefile
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ FEATURES:=usb nand squashfs ramdisk
 CPU_TYPE:=xscale
 
 KERNEL_PATCHVER:=5.4
+KERNEL_TESTING_PATCHVER:=5.10
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/target.mk