diff --git a/package/base/linux/linux.conf b/package/base/linux/linux.conf
index 1de4fb7f9..1f26435f2 100644
--- a/package/base/linux/linux.conf
+++ b/package/base/linux/linux.conf
@@ -149,7 +149,8 @@ auto_config ()
 
 	# merge various text/plain config files
 	for x in $base/config/$config/linux.cfg \
-		 $base/target/$target/kernel.conf ; do
+		 $base/target/$target/kernel.conf \
+		 $base/target/$target/kernel$treever.conf ; do
 	   if [ -f $x ] ; then
 		echo "  merging: '$x'"
 		tag="$(sed '/CONFIG_/ ! d; s,.*CONFIG_\([^ =]*\).*,\1,' \