diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
index 99680ceabd..67dff3f7e6 100644
--- a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ KERNEL_IMAGE_SYMLINK_NAME = "${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE}-${MACHINE}"
 do_deploy() {
     install -d ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}
     install -m 0644 arch/${ARCH}/boot/${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE} ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${KERNEL_IMAGE_BASE_NAME}.bin
+    package_stagefile_shell ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${KERNEL_IMAGE_BASE_NAME}.bin
     tar -cvzf ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/modules-${KERNEL_VERSION}-${PR}-${MACHINE}.tgz -C ${D} lib
     
     if test "x${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE}" = "xuImage" ; then 
@@ -440,11 +441,13 @@ do_deploy() {
             uboot-mkimage -A ${ARCH} -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a ${UBOOT_ENTRYPOINT} -e ${UBOOT_ENTRYPOINT} -n "${DISTRO_NAME}/${PV}/${MACHINE}" -d linux.bin.gz ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/uImage-${PV}-${PR}-${MACHINE}-${DATETIME}.bin
             rm -f linux.bin.gz
         fi
+        package_stagefile_shell ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/uImage-${PV}-${PR}-${MACHINE}-${DATETIME}.bin
     fi
 
 	cd ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}
 	rm -f ${KERNEL_IMAGE_SYMLINK_NAME}.bin
 	ln -sf ${KERNEL_IMAGE_BASE_NAME}.bin ${KERNEL_IMAGE_SYMLINK_NAME}.bin
+        package_stagefile_shell ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${KERNEL_IMAGE_SYMLINK_NAME}.bin
 }
 
 do_deploy[dirs] = "${S}"