diff --git a/conf/include/gbmc-staging.inc b/conf/include/gbmc-staging.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d64aec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/include/gbmc-staging.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Staging kernel compression algorithm for 64-bit gBMC
+FIT_KERNEL_COMP_ALG:gbmc:aarch64 = "lzma"
+FIT_KERNEL_COMP_ALG_EXTENSION:gbmc:aarch64 = ".lzma"
diff --git a/conf/layer.conf b/conf/layer.conf
index f2a12bc..c37f231 100644
--- a/conf/layer.conf
+++ b/conf/layer.conf
@@ -33,3 +33,5 @@
 
 # Enable hardware ASAN if GBMC_SAN_MODE enables it.
 OVERRIDES:append = "${@':gbmc_hwasan' if (d.getVar('GBMC_SAN_MODE', False) or '' ).endswith('hwasan') else ''}"
+
+require conf/include/gbmc-staging.inc