diff --git a/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky.conf b/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky.conf
index 04b3d3ca0a..3598f4f102 100644
--- a/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky.conf
+++ b/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky.conf
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ CONNECTIVITY_CHECK_URIS ?= " \
 
 SANITY_TESTED_DISTROS ?= " \
             poky-1.7 \n \
+            poky-1.8 \n \
             Ubuntu-14.04 \n \
             Ubuntu-14.10 \n \
             Fedora-21 \n \