diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/vboxguestdrivers/vboxguestdrivers_7.2.8.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/vboxguestdrivers/vboxguestdrivers_7.2.8.bb
index 6b6a2f23ff..27f79c24c5 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/vboxguestdrivers/vboxguestdrivers_7.2.8.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/vboxguestdrivers/vboxguestdrivers_7.2.8.bb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${UNPACKDIR}/${VBOX_NAME}/COPYING;md5=217590d3a513571
 
 DEPENDS = "virtual/kernel"
 
-inherit module kernel-module-split
+inherit linux-kernel-base module kernel-module-split
 
 COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "(qemux86|qemux86-64|qemuarm64)"
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ S:task-patch = "${UNPACKDIR}/${BP}"
 export VBOX_KBUILD_TARGET_ARCH = "${ARCH}"
 export VBOX_KBUILD_TARGET_ARCH:x86-64 = "amd64"
 
-EXTRA_OEMAKE += "KERN_DIR='${WORKDIR}/${KERNEL_VERSION}/build' KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 CC='${CC} ${DEBUG_PREFIX_MAP} -ffile-prefix-map=${STAGING_KERNEL_DIR}=${KERNEL_SRC_PATH} -ffile-prefix-map=${STAGING_KERNEL_BUILDDIR}=${KERNEL_SRC_PATH}'"
+EXTRA_OEMAKE += "KERN_DIR='${WORKDIR}/${KERNEL_VERSION}/build' KERN_MAJ='${@(get_kernelversion_file('${STAGING_KERNEL_BUILDDIR}') or '').split('.')[0]}' KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 CC='${CC} ${DEBUG_PREFIX_MAP} -ffile-prefix-map=${STAGING_KERNEL_DIR}=${KERNEL_SRC_PATH} -ffile-prefix-map=${STAGING_KERNEL_BUILDDIR}=${KERNEL_SRC_PATH}'"
 
 # otherwise 5.2.22 builds just vboxguest
 MAKE_TARGETS = "all"