diff --git a/meta-arm-bsp/conf/machine/include/corstone1000.inc b/meta-arm-bsp/conf/machine/include/corstone1000.inc
index 28b348b9..3053c1c2 100644
--- a/meta-arm-bsp/conf/machine/include/corstone1000.inc
+++ b/meta-arm-bsp/conf/machine/include/corstone1000.inc
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ EXTRA_IMAGEDEPENDS += "secure-partitions"
 # Linux kernel
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel:forcevariable = "linux-yocto"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto = "5.15%"
-KERNEL_IMAGETYPE = "Image"
+KERNEL_IMAGETYPE = "Image.gz"
 
 INITRAMFS_IMAGE_BUNDLE ?= "1"
 
diff --git a/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot/corstone1000/0028-corstone1000-use-a-compressed-kernel.patch b/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot/corstone1000/0028-corstone1000-use-a-compressed-kernel.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..77f2e26b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot/corstone1000/0028-corstone1000-use-a-compressed-kernel.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+From 348cdb4bab63ad0a6b373396ad522f1bcc2d6bdb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Abdellatif El Khlifi <abdellatif.elkhlifi@arm.com>
+Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2022 15:41:20 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] corstone1000: use a compressed kernel
+
+The corstone1000 kernel has become too large to fit in the available
+storage.  Swtiching to a compressed kernel avoids the problem, but
+requires uncompressing it.  Add this decompression to the default boot
+instructions.
+
+Signed-off-by: Jon Mason <jon.mason@arm.com>
+Signed-off-by: Abdellatif El Khlifi <abdellatif.elkhlifi@arm.com>
+Upstream-Status: Pending [Not submitted to upstream yet]
+
+---
+ include/configs/corstone1000.h | 3 ++-
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/include/configs/corstone1000.h b/include/configs/corstone1000.h
+index d9855bf91e..a66e3a8c10 100644
+--- a/include/configs/corstone1000.h
++++ b/include/configs/corstone1000.h
+@@ -126,7 +126,8 @@
+ #define CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND								\
+ 				"run retrieve_kernel_load_addr;"			\
+ 				"echo Loading kernel from $kernel_addr to memory ... ;"	\
+-				"loadm $kernel_addr $kernel_addr_r 0xc00000;"		\
++				"unzip $kernel_addr 0x90000000;"                        \
++				"loadm 0x90000000 $kernel_addr_r 0xd00000;"		\
+ 				"usb start; usb reset;"					\
+ 				"run distro_bootcmd;"					\
+ 				"bootefi $kernel_addr_r $fdtcontroladdr;"
+-- 
+2.17.1
+
diff --git a/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot_%.bbappend b/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot_%.bbappend
index 75d086b1..b47303d9 100644
--- a/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot_%.bbappend
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ SRC_URI:append:corstone1000 = " \
         file://0025-efi_loader-send-bootcomplete-message-to-secure-encla.patch \
         file://0026-efi_loader-fix-null-pointer-exception-with-get_image.patch \
         file://0027-arm-corstone1000-add-mmc-for-fvp.patch \
+        file://0028-corstone1000-use-a-compressed-kernel.patch \
       "
 
 #
diff --git a/meta-arm-bsp/wic/corstone1000-image.corstone1000.wks b/meta-arm-bsp/wic/corstone1000-image.corstone1000.wks
index c58d7d68..238b497b 100644
--- a/meta-arm-bsp/wic/corstone1000-image.corstone1000.wks
+++ b/meta-arm-bsp/wic/corstone1000-image.corstone1000.wks
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ part --source rawcopy --sourceparams="file=tfm_s_signed.bin" --align 1 --no-tabl
 part --source rawcopy --sourceparams="file=signed_fip-corstone1000.bin" --align 1 --no-table --fixed-size 2
 
 # Rawcopy of kernel with initramfs
-part --source rawcopy --sourceparams="file=Image-initramfs-${MACHINE}.bin" --no-table --fixed-size 12
+part --source rawcopy --sourceparams="file=Image.gz-initramfs-${MACHINE}.bin" --no-table --fixed-size 12
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