diff --git a/kernel/arm64/KERNEL.VORTEX b/kernel/arm64/KERNEL.VORTEX
index e3efef1f5..46a34469c 100644
--- a/kernel/arm64/KERNEL.VORTEX
+++ b/kernel/arm64/KERNEL.VORTEX
@@ -1 +1 @@
-include $(KERNELDIR)/KERNEL.ARMV8
+include $(KERNELDIR)/KERNEL.NEOVERSEN1
diff --git a/param.h b/param.h
index 038233c19..e8e49ce43 100644
--- a/param.h
+++ b/param.h
@@ -2972,7 +2972,7 @@ USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 #if defined(CORTEXA57) || \
     defined(CORTEXA72) || defined(CORTEXA73) || \
-    defined(FALKOR)    || defined(TSV110) || defined(EMAG8180)
+    defined(FALKOR)    || defined(TSV110) || defined(EMAG8180) || defined(VORTEX)
 
 #define SGEMM_DEFAULT_UNROLL_M  16
 #define SGEMM_DEFAULT_UNROLL_N  4
@@ -2989,7 +2989,7 @@ USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 /*FIXME: this should be using the cache size, but there is currently no easy way to
 query that on ARM. So if getarch counted more than 8 cores we simply assume the host
 is a big desktop or server with abundant cache rather than a phone or embedded device */ 
-#if NUM_CORES > 8 || defined(TSV110) || defined(EMAG8180)
+#if NUM_CORES > 8 || defined(TSV110) || defined(EMAG8180) || defined(VORTEX)
   #define SGEMM_DEFAULT_P 512
   #define DGEMM_DEFAULT_P 256
   #define CGEMM_DEFAULT_P 256