diff --git a/.checkpackageignore b/.checkpackageignore
index 9b9e4a61f9..68c0ea83dd 100644
--- a/.checkpackageignore
+++ b/.checkpackageignore
@@ -235,7 +235,6 @@ configs/microchip_sama7g5ek_mmc_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/microchip_sama7g5ek_mmc_dev_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/minnowboard_max_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/mx25pdk_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
-configs/mx51evk_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/mx53loco_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/mx6cubox_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/mx6sx_udoo_neo_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
diff --git a/board/freescale/imx51evk/patches/linux-headers/linux-headers.hash b/board/freescale/imx51evk/patches/linux-headers/linux-headers.hash
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..5808d92afe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board/freescale/imx51evk/patches/linux-headers/linux-headers.hash
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../linux/linux.hash
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/board/freescale/imx51evk/patches/linux/linux.hash b/board/freescale/imx51evk/patches/linux/linux.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fdda2dfdaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board/freescale/imx51evk/patches/linux/linux.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# From: https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/sha256sums.asc
+sha256  9c36b243e8c3ec1d5963366618f336710b84340bf95be2037b26c452392cb2d6  linux-5.10.218.tar.xz
diff --git a/board/freescale/imx51evk/patches/uboot/uboot.hash b/board/freescale/imx51evk/patches/uboot/uboot.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..716b56e14d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board/freescale/imx51evk/patches/uboot/uboot.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Locally computed:
+sha256  b407e1510a74e863b8b5cb42a24625344f0e0c2fc7582d8c866bd899367d0454  u-boot-2021.01.tar.bz2
diff --git a/configs/mx51evk_defconfig b/configs/mx51evk_defconfig
index a4bebdec97..e633a6228d 100644
--- a/configs/mx51evk_defconfig
+++ b/configs/mx51evk_defconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 BR2_arm=y
 BR2_cortex_a8=y
 
+# Global patches directory and hash check
+BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR="board/freescale/imx51evk/patches"
+BR2_DOWNLOAD_FORCE_CHECK_HASHES=y
+
 # Linux headers same as kernel, a 5.10 series
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_5_10=y
 
@@ -28,7 +32,7 @@ BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_FORMAT_IMX=y
 # Kernel
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="5.10.9"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="5.10.218"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG="imx_v6_v7"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTS_SUPPORT=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INTREE_DTS_NAME="imx51-babbage"