diff --git a/drivers/staging/qcacld-3.0/Kbuild b/drivers/staging/qcacld-3.0/Kbuild
index 63425c940894..b695bee30098 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/qcacld-3.0/Kbuild
+++ b/drivers/staging/qcacld-3.0/Kbuild
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ else
 	KERNEL_BUILD := n
 endif
 
+# Force user build
+TARGET_BUILD_VARIANT := user
+
 ifeq ($(KERNEL_BUILD), y)
 	# These are provided in external module based builds
 	# Need to explicitly define for Kernel-based builds