diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/bootcdx86.conf b/meta/conf/machine/bootcdx86.conf
index dc0f53c2a5..ec0593adc3 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/bootcdx86.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/bootcdx86.conf
@@ -4,5 +4,7 @@
 
 require conf/machine/qemux86.conf
 
+MACHINE_FEATURES = "kernel26 alsa screen"
+
 EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES = ""
 IMAGE_ROOTFS_SIZE_ext2 = "70000"