diff --git a/Makefile.inc1 b/Makefile.inc1
index 0c9213ea510..2ed76aa68c6 100644
--- a/Makefile.inc1
+++ b/Makefile.inc1
@@ -2258,6 +2258,8 @@ create-kernel-packages-extra-flavor${flavor:C,^""$,${_default_flavor},}-${_kerne
 	${SRCDIR}/release/packages/generate-ucl.lua \
 		PKGNAME "kernel-${_kernel:tl}${flavor}" \
 		PKGGENNAME "kernel" \
+		FORCEINCLUDE "kernel${flavor}" \
+		UCLFILES "${SRCDIR}/release/packages/" \
 		VERSION "${PKG_VERSION}" \
 		KERNELDIR "kernel.${_kernel}" \
 		DESC "FreeBSD ${_kernel} kernel ${flavor}" \
diff --git a/release/packages/template.ucl b/release/packages/template.ucl
index 2e325e62333..a65f5886811 100644
--- a/release/packages/template.ucl
+++ b/release/packages/template.ucl
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ ${DESC}
 EOD
 .include(try=true,duplicate=rewrite) "${UCLFILES}/${PKGGENNAME}-all.ucl"
 .include(try=true,duplicate=rewrite) "${UCLFILES}/${PKGNAME}.ucl"
+.include(try=true,duplicate=rewrite) "${UCLFILES}/${FORCEINCLUDE}.ucl"