diff --git a/package/firmware/layerscape/ls-mc/Makefile b/package/firmware/layerscape/ls-mc/Makefile
index 31ed1f98dc5..54b17f3e979 100644
--- a/package/firmware/layerscape/ls-mc/Makefile
+++ b/package/firmware/layerscape/ls-mc/Makefile
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ define Package/layerscape-mc
   CATEGORY:=Firmware
   TITLE:=NXP MC firmware
   DEPENDS:=@TARGET_layerscape
+  DEFAULT:=y if TARGET_layerscape_armv8_64b
+  HIDDEN:=1
 endef
 
 define Build/Compile