diff --git a/platform/mellanox/rules.mk b/platform/mellanox/rules.mk
index a31d22fc25..abeed6c108 100644
--- a/platform/mellanox/rules.mk
+++ b/platform/mellanox/rules.mk
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ SONIC_ALL += $(DOCKER_SYNCD_MLNX) \
 	     $(DOCKER_SNMP_SV2) \
 	     $(DOCKER_TEAM) \
 	     $(DOCKER_PLATFORM_MONITOR) \
-	     debs/$(MLNX_HW_MANAGEMENT)
+	     debs/$(MLNX_HW_MANAGEMENT) \
+	     debs/$(SX_KERNEL)
 
 # Inject mlnx sai into sairedis
 $(LIBSAIREDIS)_DEPENDS += $(MLNX_SAI)
diff --git a/platform/mellanox/sdk.mk b/platform/mellanox/sdk.mk
index d7a887eb1e..e9f4524dda 100644
--- a/platform/mellanox/sdk.mk
+++ b/platform/mellanox/sdk.mk
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ SXD_LIBS_DEV_STATIC = sxd-libs-dev-static_1.mlnx.$(MLNX_SDK_VERSION)_amd64.deb
 $(eval $(call add_derived_package,$(SXD_LIBS),$(SXD_LIBS_DEV_STATIC)))
 #packages that are required for runtime only
 PYTHON_SDK_API = python-sdk-api_1.mlnx.$(MLNX_SDK_VERSION)_amd64.deb
+SX_KERNEL = sx-kernel_1.mlnx.$(MLNX_SDK_VERSION)_amd64.deb
+SX_KERNEL_DEV = sx-kernel-dev_1.mlnx.$(MLNX_SDK_VERSION)_amd64.deb
+$(eval $(call add_derived_package,$(SX_KERNEL),$(SX_KERNEL_DEV)))
 
 define make_url
 	$(1)_URL = $(MLNX_SDK_BASE_URL)/$(1)
@@ -47,6 +50,6 @@ endef
 
 $(eval $(foreach deb,$(MLNX_SDK_DEBS),$(call make_url,$(deb))))
 $(eval $(foreach deb,$(MLNX_SDK_RDEBS),$(call make_url,$(deb))))
-$(eval $(foreach deb,$(PYTHON_SDK_API),$(call make_url,$(deb))))
+$(eval $(foreach deb,$(PYTHON_SDK_API) $(SX_KERNEL) $(SX_KERNEL_DEV),$(call make_url,$(deb))))
 
-SONIC_ONLINE_DEBS += $(MLNX_SDK_RDEBS) $(PYTHON_SDK_API)
+SONIC_ONLINE_DEBS += $(MLNX_SDK_RDEBS) $(PYTHON_SDK_API) $(SX_KERNEL)