diff --git a/meta-emenlow/conf/machine/emenlow.conf b/meta-emenlow/conf/machine/emenlow.conf
index 91fac7cec8..47c5a61b3d 100644
--- a/meta-emenlow/conf/machine/emenlow.conf
+++ b/meta-emenlow/conf/machine/emenlow.conf
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ MACHINE_FEATURES = "kernel26 screen keyboard pci usbhost ext2 ext3 x86 \
 
 KERNEL_IMAGETYPE = "bzImage"
 
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel = "linux"
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_libdrm = "libdrm-poulsbo"
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_drm = "libdrm-poulsbo"
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/libx11 = "libx11-trim"