diff --git a/alpine/kernel/kernel_config b/alpine/kernel/kernel_config
index 3b4598efd..582590cbf 100644
--- a/alpine/kernel/kernel_config
+++ b/alpine/kernel/kernel_config
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ CONFIG_BUILDTIME_EXTABLE_SORT=y
 CONFIG_INIT_ENV_ARG_LIMIT=32
 CONFIG_CROSS_COMPILE=""
 # CONFIG_COMPILE_TEST is not set
-CONFIG_LOCALVERSION=""
+CONFIG_LOCALVERSION="-moby"
 # CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO is not set
 CONFIG_HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2=y
diff --git a/alpine/kernel/kernel_config.arm b/alpine/kernel/kernel_config.arm
index aab556a91..4376a72bc 100644
--- a/alpine/kernel/kernel_config.arm
+++ b/alpine/kernel/kernel_config.arm
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ CONFIG_BUILDTIME_EXTABLE_SORT=y
 CONFIG_INIT_ENV_ARG_LIMIT=32
 CONFIG_CROSS_COMPILE="arm-linux-gnueabihf-"
 # CONFIG_COMPILE_TEST is not set
-CONFIG_LOCALVERSION=""
+CONFIG_LOCALVERSION="-moby"
 # CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO is not set
 CONFIG_HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA=y