diff --git a/target/linux/ramips/image/mt7621.mk b/target/linux/ramips/image/mt7621.mk
index 8919d764b07..bb7e5a0d484 100644
--- a/target/linux/ramips/image/mt7621.mk
+++ b/target/linux/ramips/image/mt7621.mk
@@ -708,8 +708,8 @@ define Device/MikroTik
   BLOCKSIZE := 64k
   IMAGE_SIZE := 16128k
   DEVICE_PACKAGES := kmod-usb3
-  LOADER_TYPE := elf
-  KERNEL := $(KERNEL_DTB) | loader-kernel
+  KERNEL_NAME := vmlinuz
+  KERNEL := kernel-bin | append-dtb-elf
   IMAGE/sysupgrade.bin := append-kernel | kernel2minor -s 1024 | \
 	pad-to $$$$(BLOCKSIZE) | append-rootfs | pad-rootfs | append-metadata | \
 	check-size
diff --git a/target/linux/ramips/mt7621/target.mk b/target/linux/ramips/mt7621/target.mk
index d05b8c82bf7..d1f987b2e03 100644
--- a/target/linux/ramips/mt7621/target.mk
+++ b/target/linux/ramips/mt7621/target.mk
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ SUBTARGET:=mt7621
 BOARDNAME:=MT7621 based boards
 FEATURES+=nand ramdisk rtc usb minor
 CPU_TYPE:=24kc
+KERNELNAME:=vmlinux vmlinuz
+# make Kernel/CopyImage use $LINUX_DIR/vmlinuz
+IMAGES_DIR:=../../..
 
 DEFAULT_PACKAGES += wpad-basic-wolfssl