diff --git a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-intel-rt_6.4.bb b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-intel-rt_6.4.bb
index 1fcf7a81..a2a20c06 100644
--- a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-intel-rt_6.4.bb
+++ b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-intel-rt_6.4.bb
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ LINUX_VERSION ?= "6.4.0"
 SRCREV_machine ?= "7f4a11e3f6805a0169c4955415b2c7aac9e90c1a"
 SRCREV_meta ?= "7a654f3f799146d1a9bfbd78ddebdc53510951e9"
 
+LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE = "preempt-rt"
+
 # Functionality flags
 KERNEL_EXTRA_FEATURES ?= "features/netfilter/netfilter.scc features/security/security.scc"