diff --git a/include/image.mk b/include/image.mk
index d93ce7f233..0d0e3eaba1 100644
--- a/include/image.mk
+++ b/include/image.mk
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ DEFAULT_DEVICE_VARS := \
   DEVICE_IMG_PREFIX SOC BOARD_NAME UIMAGE_MAGIC UIMAGE_NAME \
   SUPPORTED_DEVICES IMAGE_METADATA KERNEL_ENTRY KERNEL_LOADADDR \
   UBOOT_PATH IMAGE_SIZE \
-  DEVICE_COMPAT_VERSION DEVICE_COMPAT_MESSAGE \
+  DEVICE_PACKAGES DEVICE_COMPAT_VERSION DEVICE_COMPAT_MESSAGE \
   DEVICE_VENDOR DEVICE_MODEL DEVICE_VARIANT \
   DEVICE_ALT0_VENDOR DEVICE_ALT0_MODEL DEVICE_ALT0_VARIANT \
   DEVICE_ALT1_VENDOR DEVICE_ALT1_MODEL DEVICE_ALT1_VARIANT \