diff --git a/BoardConfig-common.mk b/BoardConfig-common.mk
index 4909b618..888761dc 100644
--- a/BoardConfig-common.mk
+++ b/BoardConfig-common.mk
@@ -363,6 +363,9 @@ BOARD_DTBOIMG_PARTITION_SIZE := 0x01000000
 # System As Root
 BOARD_BUILD_SYSTEM_ROOT_IMAGE := false
 
+# Vendor ramdisk image for kernel development
+BOARD_BUILD_VENDOR_RAMDISK_IMAGE := true
+
 # Kernel modules
 BOARD_VENDOR_KERNEL_MODULES += \
     $(wildcard $(TARGET_KERNEL_DIR)/*.ko)