diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/u-boot-spl.lds b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/u-boot-spl.lds
index 9edb662b09..730eb93dbc 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/u-boot-spl.lds
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/u-boot-spl.lds
@@ -84,4 +84,8 @@ SECTIONS
 	/DISCARD/ : { *(.plt*) }
 	/DISCARD/ : { *(.interp*) }
 	/DISCARD/ : { *(.gnu*) }
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGE_HEADER
+#include "linux-kernel-image-header-vars.h"
+#endif
 }