diff --git a/AndroidKernelModule.mk b/AndroidKernelModule.mk
index 6490fe1ab655..eb7036d56d77 100644
--- a/AndroidKernelModule.mk
+++ b/AndroidKernelModule.mk
@@ -72,12 +72,17 @@ endif
 
 
 # To ensure KERNEL_OUT and TARGET_PREBUILT_INT_KERNEL are defined,
-# kernel/AndroidKernel.mk must be included. While m and regular
+# kernel/AndroidKernel.mk (kernel_definitions.mk) must be included. While m and regular
 # make builds will include kernel/AndroidKernel.mk, mm and mmm builds
-# do not. Therefore, we need to explicitly include kernel/AndroidKernel.mk.
+# do not. Therefore, we need to explicitly include kernel/AndroidKernel.mk (kernel_definitions.mk).
 # It is safe to include it more than once because the entire file is
 # guarded by "ifeq ($(TARGET_PREBUILT_KERNEL),) ... endif".
+# If AndroidKernel.mk is not found, fall back to use the kernel_definitions.mk
+ifneq ($(wildcard $(TARGET_KERNEL_SOURCE)/AndroidKernel.mk),)
 TARGET_KERNEL_PATH := $(TARGET_KERNEL_SOURCE)/AndroidKernel.mk
+else
+TARGET_KERNEL_PATH := device/qcom/kernelscripts/kernel_definitions.mk
+endif
 include $(TARGET_KERNEL_PATH)
 
 # Simply copy the kernel module from where the kernel build system