diff --git a/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/include/genericx86-common.inc b/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/include/genericx86-common.inc
index 840cc1027a..7c10b56c42 100644
--- a/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/include/genericx86-common.inc
+++ b/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/include/genericx86-common.inc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ include conf/machine/include/x86-base.inc
 MACHINE_FEATURES += "wifi efi pcbios"
 
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel ?= "linux-yocto"
-PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "3.19%"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "4.1%"
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/xserver ?= "xserver-xorg"
 XSERVER ?= "${XSERVER_X86_BASE} \
             ${XSERVER_X86_EXT} \
diff --git a/meta-yocto-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_4.1.bbappend b/meta-yocto-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_4.1.bbappend
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a5fe0e6984
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-yocto-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_4.1.bbappend
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+KBRANCH_genericx86  = "standard/base"
+KBRANCH_genericx86-64  = "standard/base"
+
+KMACHINE_genericx86 ?= "common-pc"
+KMACHINE_genericx86-64 ?= "common-pc-64"
+
+SRCREV_machine_genericx86 ?= "4e30e64c44df9e59bd13239951bb8d2b5b276e6f"
+SRCREV_machine_genericx86-64 ?= "4e30e64c44df9e59bd13239951bb8d2b5b276e6f"
+
+COMPATIBLE_MACHINE_genericx86 = "genericx86"
+COMPATIBLE_MACHINE_genericx86-64 = "genericx86-64"