diff --git a/.checkpackageignore b/.checkpackageignore
index 7057f91925..070b97116a 100644
--- a/.checkpackageignore
+++ b/.checkpackageignore
@@ -265,7 +265,6 @@ configs/olimex_a64_olinuxino_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/olimex_stmp157_olinuxino_lime_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/olpc_xo175_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/olpc_xo1_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
-configs/openblocks_a6_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/orangepi_lite2_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/orangepi_lite_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
 configs/orangepi_one_defconfig lib_defconfig.ForceCheckHash
diff --git a/board/openblocks/a6/patches/linux-headers/linux-headers.hash b/board/openblocks/a6/patches/linux-headers/linux-headers.hash
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..5808d92afe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board/openblocks/a6/patches/linux-headers/linux-headers.hash
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../linux/linux.hash
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/board/openblocks/a6/patches/linux/linux.hash b/board/openblocks/a6/patches/linux/linux.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b207306a2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board/openblocks/a6/patches/linux/linux.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Locally calculated
+sha256  0820fdb7971c6974338081c11fbf2dc869870501e7bdcac4d0ed58ba1f57b61c  linux-4.14.336.tar.xz
diff --git a/configs/openblocks_a6_defconfig b/configs/openblocks_a6_defconfig
index 69b75f5043..6a816597ac 100644
--- a/configs/openblocks_a6_defconfig
+++ b/configs/openblocks_a6_defconfig
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ BR2_arm=y
 BR2_arm926t=y
 
 # system
+BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR="board/openblocks/a6/patches"
+BR2_DOWNLOAD_FORCE_CHECK_HASHES=y
 BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_HOSTNAME="openblocks-a6"
 BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_PORT="ttyS0"
 BR2_SYSTEM_DHCP="eth0"