diff --git a/build/tasks/kernel.mk b/build/tasks/kernel.mk
index 689f3d1..3d5baab 100644
--- a/build/tasks/kernel.mk
+++ b/build/tasks/kernel.mk
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #   TARGET_KERNEL_SELINUX_CONFIG       = SELinux defconfig, optional
 #   TARGET_KERNEL_ADDITIONAL_CONFIG    = Additional defconfig, optional
 #
-#   TARGET_KERNEL_CLANG_COMPILE        = Compile kernel with clang, defaults to false
+#   TARGET_KERNEL_CLANG_COMPILE        = Compile kernel with clang, defaults to true
 #
 #   TARGET_KERNEL_CLANG_VERSION        = Clang prebuilts version, optional, defaults to clang-stable
 #
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ $(INTERNAL_VENDOR_RAMDISK_TARGET): $(TARGET_PREBUILT_INT_KERNEL)
 
 # Add host bin out dir to path
 PATH_OVERRIDE := PATH=$(KERNEL_BUILD_OUT_PREFIX)$(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES):$$PATH
-ifeq ($(TARGET_KERNEL_CLANG_COMPILE),true)
+ifneq ($(TARGET_KERNEL_CLANG_COMPILE),false)
     ifneq ($(TARGET_KERNEL_CLANG_VERSION),)
         KERNEL_CLANG_VERSION := clang-$(TARGET_KERNEL_CLANG_VERSION)
     else
diff --git a/config/BoardConfigKernel.mk b/config/BoardConfigKernel.mk
index 53c90b2..c136581 100644
--- a/config/BoardConfigKernel.mk
+++ b/config/BoardConfigKernel.mk
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #                                                      aarch64-linux-android- for arm64
 #                                                      x86_64-linux-android- for x86
 #
-#   TARGET_KERNEL_CLANG_COMPILE        = Compile kernel with clang, defaults to false
+#   TARGET_KERNEL_CLANG_COMPILE        = Compile kernel with clang, defaults to true
 #
 #   KERNEL_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX            = Overrides TARGET_KERNEL_CROSS_COMPILE_PREFIX,
 #                                          Set this var in shell to override
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ ifneq ($(USE_CCACHE),)
     endif
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(TARGET_KERNEL_CLANG_COMPILE),true)
+ifneq ($(TARGET_KERNEL_CLANG_COMPILE),false)
     KERNEL_CROSS_COMPILE := CROSS_COMPILE="$(KERNEL_TOOLCHAIN_PATH)"
 else
     KERNEL_CROSS_COMPILE := CROSS_COMPILE="$(CCACHE_BIN) $(KERNEL_TOOLCHAIN_PATH)"