diff --git a/arch/arm64/configs/eve_defconfig b/arch/arm64/configs/eve_defconfig
index 1821b29430efe..078d957d0dad3 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/configs/eve_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/configs/eve_defconfig
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ CONFIG_THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK=y
 #
 CONFIG_INIT_ENV_ARG_LIMIT=32
 # CONFIG_COMPILE_TEST is not set
-CONFIG_LOCALVERSION="-default"
+CONFIG_LOCALVERSION="-linuxkit"
 # CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO is not set
 CONFIG_BUILD_SALT=""
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_INIT=""