diff --git a/cpu/kinetis/Makefile.include b/cpu/kinetis/Makefile.include
index 7e410c5ff2..969b2df068 100644
--- a/cpu/kinetis/Makefile.include
+++ b/cpu/kinetis/Makefile.include
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ ifeq (,$(KINETIS_SERIES))
   include $(dir $(abspath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))/kinetis-info.mk
 endif
 
+# "The Vector table must be naturally aligned to a power of two whose alignment
+# value is greater than or equal to number of Exceptions supported x 4"
+# CPU_IRQ_NUMOF for KWxD boards is < 81+16 so (81*4 bytes = 388 bytes ~= 0x200)
+# RIOTBOOT_HDR_LEN can be set to 0x200
+ifeq (DW, $(KINETIS_CORE)$(KINETIS_SERIES))
+  RIOTBOOT_HDR_LEN ?= 0x200
+endif
+
 # Add search path for linker scripts
 LINKFLAGS += -L$(RIOTCPU)/$(CPU)/ldscripts