diff --git a/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky.conf b/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky.conf
index c65cbc47fd..c5fc3b92d3 100644
--- a/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky.conf
+++ b/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky.conf
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ LOCALCONF_VERSION = "1"
 DISTRO_FEATURES_append = " largefile opengl"
 
 PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "2.6.37+git%"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto_qemux86 ?= "3.0%"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto_qemux86-64 ?= "3.0%"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto_qemuarm ?= "3.0%"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto_qemumips ?= "3.0%"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto_qemuppc ?= "3.0%"
 
 SDK_NAME = "${DISTRO}-${TCLIBC}-${SDK_ARCH}-${TARGET_ARCH}"
 SDKPATH = "/opt/${DISTRO}/${SDK_VERSION}"