@@ -, +, @@ 
---
 targets/support/kmerge.sh | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/targets/support/kmerge.sh	
+++ a/targets/support/kmerge.sh	
@@ -129,7 +129,11 @@ if [[ -n ${clst_kextraversion} ]]; then
 		/usr/src/linux/Makefile
 fi
 
-genkernel_compile
+if [[ "$clst_boot_kernel_${kname}_sources" == *"gentoo-kernel"* || "$clst_boot_kernel_${kname}_sources" == *"vanilla-kernel"* ]]; then
+  echo "Spec file points to -dist kernel package instead of sources; skipping kernel build"
+else
+  genkernel_compile
+fi
 
 # Write out CONFIG, USE, VERSION, and EXTRAVERSION files
 if [[ -n ${clst_KERNCACHE} && ! ${cached_kernel_found} ]]; then
--