diff --git a/packages/base/all/vendor-config-onl/src/lib/platform-config-defaults-x86-64.yml b/packages/base/all/vendor-config-onl/src/lib/platform-config-defaults-x86-64.yml
index fb897b59..6e3c841a 100644
--- a/packages/base/all/vendor-config-onl/src/lib/platform-config-defaults-x86-64.yml
+++ b/packages/base/all/vendor-config-onl/src/lib/platform-config-defaults-x86-64.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ default:
       =: kernel-3.18-x86_64-all
       package: onl-kernel-3.18-x86-64-all:amd64
 
+    kernel-3.16: &kernel-3-16
+      =: kernel-3.16+deb8-x86_64-all
+      package: onl-kernel-3.16+deb8-x86-64-all:amd64
+
     # pick one of the above kernels
     kernel:
       <<: *kernel-3-2