diff --git a/package/firmware/layerscape/ls-dpl/Makefile b/package/firmware/layerscape/ls-dpl/Makefile
index b4b10b9b0df..ade37d7dffa 100644
--- a/package/firmware/layerscape/ls-dpl/Makefile
+++ b/package/firmware/layerscape/ls-dpl/Makefile
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ define Package/layerscape-dpl
   CATEGORY:=Firmware
   TITLE:=NXP DPL firmware
   DEPENDS:=@TARGET_layerscape
+  DEFAULT:=y if TARGET_layerscape_armv8_64b
+  HIDDEN:=1
 endef
 
 MAKE_PATH:=config