diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/files/debian/isar/version.cfg.tmpl b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/files/debian/isar/version.cfg.tmpl
index 17effe52..1ab699f5 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/files/debian/isar/version.cfg.tmpl
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/files/debian/isar/version.cfg.tmpl
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 CONFIG_LOCALVERSION="${LINUX_VERSION_EXTENSION}"
-# CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO is not set
diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-custom.inc b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-custom.inc
index 0f23d6f0..d0787aad 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-custom.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-custom.inc
@@ -296,6 +296,17 @@ EOF
 	done
 }
 
+get_localversion_auto() {
+	if grep -q "^CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO=y" ${S}/${KERNEL_BUILD_DIR}/.config; then
+		cd ${S}
+		if test -z "$(git rev-parse --show-cdup 2>/dev/null)" &&
+		  head=$(git rev-parse --verify --short HEAD 2>/dev/null); then
+			echo "-g${head}" >${S}/.scmversion
+		fi
+	fi
+}
+
 do_dpkg_source:prepend() {
 	dpkg_configure_kernel
+	get_localversion_auto
 }