diff --git a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-raspberrypi_4.9.bb b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-raspberrypi_4.9.bb
index 7733bf1..3aba67b 100644
--- a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-raspberrypi_4.9.bb
+++ b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-raspberrypi_4.9.bb
@@ -6,3 +6,8 @@ SRCREV = "28ea32b9afb5d813986c4ab940c26fe298d80ed2"
 SRC_URI = "git://github.com/raspberrypi/linux.git;protocol=git;branch=rpi-4.9.y \
 "
 require linux-raspberrypi.inc
+
+# A LOADADDR is needed when building a uImage format kernel. This value is not
+# set by default in rpi-4.8.y and later branches so we need to provide it
+# manually. This value unused if KERNEL_IMAGETYPE is not uImage.
+KERNEL_EXTRA_ARGS += "LOADADDR=0x00008000"
diff --git a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-raspberrypi_dev.bb b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-raspberrypi_dev.bb
index b3a2a02..96cbbb0 100644
--- a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-raspberrypi_dev.bb
+++ b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-raspberrypi_dev.bb
@@ -6,3 +6,8 @@ SRCREV = "9aa91f43583fdb07306f962e6ee6797fba1cc62d"
 SRC_URI = "git://github.com/raspberrypi/linux.git;protocol=git;branch=rpi-4.10.y \
 "
 require linux-raspberrypi.inc
+
+# A LOADADDR is needed when building a uImage format kernel. This value is not
+# set by default in rpi-4.8.y and later branches so we need to provide it
+# manually. This value unused if KERNEL_IMAGETYPE is not uImage.
+KERNEL_EXTRA_ARGS += "LOADADDR=0x00008000"