diff --git a/build/tasks/kernel.mk b/build/tasks/kernel.mk
index dba4d70..dc4632d 100644
--- a/build/tasks/kernel.mk
+++ b/build/tasks/kernel.mk
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 #                                          modules in vendor overlay instead of vendor
 
 ifneq ($(TARGET_NO_KERNEL),true)
+ifneq ($(TARGET_NO_KERNEL_OVERRIDE),true)
 
 ## Externally influenced variables
 KERNEL_SRC := $(TARGET_KERNEL_SOURCE)
@@ -408,4 +409,5 @@
 .PHONY: dtbimage
 dtbimage: $(INSTALLED_DTBIMAGE_TARGET)
 
+endif # TARGET_NO_KERNEL_OVERRIDE
 endif # TARGET_NO_KERNEL