diff --git a/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky.conf b/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky.conf
index 1ae94a0cd4..88b8adf06f 100644
--- a/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky.conf
+++ b/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky.conf
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ LOCALCONF_VERSION = "1"
 
 DISTRO_FEATURES_append = " largefile"
 
+PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "2.6.37+git%"
+
 SDK_NAME = "${DISTRO}-${TCLIBC}-${SDK_ARCH}-${TARGET_ARCH}"
 SDKPATH = "/opt/${DISTRO}/${SDK_VERSION}"