diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 00639ae59535ee9cbebf08681878e654d471bbf8..c4520e813d625c30c90a5846eb7a75ea6548cc4f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -189,12 +189,14 @@ _UBOOT_GIT := $(UBOOT_GIT)
 _UBOOT_SRC ?= u-boot
 UBOOT_SRC  ?= $(_UBOOT_SRC)
 
+# could switch to other kernel fork for example openEuler
+KERNEL_FORK = linux
 #KERNEL_GIT ?= https://github.com/tinyclub/linux-stable.git
 #KERNEL_GIT ?= https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/git/linux-stable.git
 KERNEL_GIT  ?= https://kernel.source.codeaurora.cn/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
 #KERNEL_GIT ?= git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git
 _KERNEL_GIT := $(KERNEL_GIT)
-_KERNEL_SRC ?= linux-stable
+_KERNEL_SRC ?= $(KERNEL_FORK)-stable
 KERNEL_SRC  ?= $(_KERNEL_SRC)
 
 # Use faster mirror instead of git://git.buildroot.net/buildroot.git
@@ -205,7 +207,6 @@ _ROOT_SRC ?= buildroot
 ROOT_SRC  ?= $(_ROOT_SRC)
 
 _LINUX=$(LINUX)
-KERNEL_ABS_SRC := $(TOP_SRC)/$(KERNEL_SRC)
 ROOT_ABS_SRC   := $(TOP_SRC)/$(ROOT_SRC)
 UBOOT_ABS_SRC  := $(TOP_SRC)/$(UBOOT_SRC)
 QEMU_ABS_SRC   := $(TOP_SRC)/$(QEMU_SRC)
@@ -339,6 +340,9 @@ endif
 # Customize kernel git repo and local dir
 $(eval $(call __vs,KERNEL_SRC,LINUX))
 $(eval $(call __vs,KERNEL_GIT,LINUX))
+$(eval $(call __vs,KERNEL_SRC,KERNEL_FORK))
+$(eval $(call __vs,KERNEL_GIT,KERNEL_FORK))
+KERNEL_ABS_SRC := $(TOP_SRC)/$(KERNEL_SRC)
 
 $(eval $(call __vs,DTS,LINUX))
 $(eval $(call __vs,DTB,LINUX))
diff --git a/boards/aarch64/virt/Makefile b/boards/aarch64/virt/Makefile
index 7cb9420f639636f3fdb082fd11c3a8a2cb07ab90..d26325d4730e33c0d3a4cde35541311030ed3f6f 100644
--- a/boards/aarch64/virt/Makefile
+++ b/boards/aarch64/virt/Makefile
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ CCORI[UBOOT_v2019.10,OS_focal]  = internal
 LINUX   ?= v5.1
 BUILDROOT?= 2019.11.1
 
+# git repos for other kernel fork
+KERNEL_GIT[KERNEL_FORK_openEuler] := https://gitee.com/openeuler/kernel.git
+
 NETDEV_LIST := virtio
 
 NETDEV  ?= virtio
diff --git a/boards/x86_64/pc/Makefile b/boards/x86_64/pc/Makefile
index 2f568bf047ec7d714c321d1495023a30cb0cd91d..c91100576cf25cc78b57efc2f94d087e5d61850a 100644
--- a/boards/x86_64/pc/Makefile
+++ b/boards/x86_64/pc/Makefile
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ MEM     ?= 128M
 SMP     ?= 4
 LINUX   ?= v5.1
 
+# git repos for other kernel fork
+KERNEL_GIT[KERNEL_FORK_openEuler] := https://gitee.com/openeuler/kernel.git
+
 GCC = 9
 GCC[LINUX_v3.2] = 4.8
 GCC[LINUX_v2.6.12.6] = 4.8