diff --git a/config/kernel/kernel.config.aarch64-ipfire b/config/kernel/kernel.config.aarch64-ipfire
index e0f2f6df8..8301c51bf 100644
--- a/config/kernel/kernel.config.aarch64-ipfire
+++ b/config/kernel/kernel.config.aarch64-ipfire
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ CONFIG_ARCH_DMA_ADDR_T_64BIT=y
 CONFIG_NEED_DMA_MAP_STATE=y
 CONFIG_NEED_SG_DMA_LENGTH=y
 CONFIG_SMP=y
+CONFIG_RETPOLINE=y
 CONFIG_SWIOTLB=y
 CONFIG_IOMMU_HELPER=y
 CONFIG_KERNEL_MODE_NEON=y
diff --git a/config/kernel/kernel.config.armv5tel-ipfire-multi b/config/kernel/kernel.config.armv5tel-ipfire-multi
index 15183300f..1aca28d01 100644
--- a/config/kernel/kernel.config.armv5tel-ipfire-multi
+++ b/config/kernel/kernel.config.armv5tel-ipfire-multi
@@ -762,6 +762,7 @@ CONFIG_PCI_HOST_GENERIC=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_SMP=y
 CONFIG_SMP=y
 CONFIG_SMP_ON_UP=y
+CONFIG_RETPOLINE=y
 CONFIG_ARM_CPU_TOPOLOGY=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_MC=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_SMT=y