diff --git a/bsp/nxp-imx8/nxp-imx8-preempt-rt.scc b/bsp/nxp-imx8/nxp-imx8-preempt-rt.scc
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+define KMACHINE nxp-imx8
+define KTYPE preempt-rt
+define KARCH arm64
+
+include ktypes/preempt-rt
+branch nxp-imx8
+
+include nxp-imx8.scc