diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/include/qemu.inc b/meta/conf/machine/include/qemu.inc
index 0d71bcbbad..121e8474c1 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/include/qemu.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/include/qemu.inc
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ RDEPENDS:${KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME}-base = ""
 
 # Use a common kernel recipe for all QEMU machines
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel ??= "linux-yocto"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel:qemux86 = "linux-yocto-dev"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel:qemux86-64 = "linux-yocto-dev"
 
 EXTRA_IMAGEDEPENDS += "qemu-system-native qemu-helper-native:do_addto_recipe_sysroot"