diff --git a/sys-kernel/asahi-kernel/asahi-kernel-6.6.0_p16-r2.ebuild b/sys-kernel/asahi-kernel/asahi-kernel-6.6.0_p16-r2.ebuild
index 5e7a2dde..eeb8d436 100644
--- a/sys-kernel/asahi-kernel/asahi-kernel-6.6.0_p16-r2.ebuild
+++ b/sys-kernel/asahi-kernel/asahi-kernel-6.6.0_p16-r2.ebuild
@@ -73,8 +73,13 @@ src_prepare() {
 	# prepare the default config
 	cp "${DISTDIR}/kernel-aarch64-16k-fedora.config-${CONFIG_VER}" ".config" || die
 
-	# localversion.05-asahi already appends "-asahi"
-	local myversion="-${MY_TAG}-dist"
+	# ensure a consistant version across kernel and gentoo
+	# this passes the ${PV}-as-release check in kernel-install_pkg_preinst()
+	# override "-asahi" in localversion.05-asahi with "_pX" to override the
+	# kernel's base varsion to gentoo's ${PV}
+	echo "-p${MY_TAG}" > localversion.05-asahi
+	# use CONFIG_LOCALVERSION to provide "asahi" and "dist" annotations.
+	local myversion="-asahi-dist"
 	echo "CONFIG_LOCALVERSION=\"${myversion}\"" > "${T}"/version.config || die
 	local dist_conf_path="${WORKDIR}/gentoo-kernel-config-${GENTOO_CONFIG_VER}"
 
@@ -114,11 +119,6 @@ src_install() {
 	done
 }
 
-# Override kernel-install_pkg_preinst() to avoid ${PV}-as-release check
-pkg_preinst() {
-	true
-}
-
 pkg_postinst() {
 	einfo "For more information about Asahi Linux please visit ${HOMEPAGE},"
 	einfo "or consult the Wiki at https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki."