diff --git a/arch/parisc/Kconfig b/arch/parisc/Kconfig
index a15ab147af2e..9288c39dbf39 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/parisc/Kconfig
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ config PARISC
 	select INIT_ALL_POSSIBLE
 	select BUG
 	select BUILDTIME_TABLE_SORT
+	select HAVE_KERNEL_UNCOMPRESSED
 	select HAVE_PCI
 	select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
 	select HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2
diff --git a/arch/parisc/boot/Makefile b/arch/parisc/boot/Makefile
index b873ee4720ca..657f967240ee 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/parisc/boot/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ subdir- := compressed
 $(obj)/image: vmlinux FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
 
-$(obj)/bzImage: $(obj)/compressed/vmlinux FORCE
+$(obj)/bzImage: $(if $(CONFIG_KERNEL_UNCOMPRESSED),$(objtree)/vmlinux,$(obj)/compressed/vmlinux) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
 
 $(obj)/compressed/vmlinux: FORCE