diff --git a/srcpkgs/kernel/files/i386-dotconfig b/srcpkgs/kernel/files/i386-dotconfig
index fd843c8ad5..fb5dd03334 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kernel/files/i386-dotconfig
+++ b/srcpkgs/kernel/files/i386-dotconfig
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ CONFIG_IRQ_WORK=y
 CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
 CONFIG_INIT_ENV_ARG_LIMIT=32
 CONFIG_CROSS_COMPILE=""
-CONFIG_LOCALVERSION=""
+CONFIG_LOCALVERSION="_1"
 # CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO is not set
 CONFIG_HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2=y