diff --git a/meta-phosphor/conf/machine/include/obmc-bsp-common.inc b/meta-phosphor/conf/machine/include/obmc-bsp-common.inc
index 8290484..3fe9e9f 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/conf/machine/include/obmc-bsp-common.inc
+++ b/meta-phosphor/conf/machine/include/obmc-bsp-common.inc
@@ -22,4 +22,5 @@
 INITRAMFS_CTYPE ?= "lzma"
 INITRAMFS_FSTYPES += "cpio.${INITRAMFS_CTYPE}"
 
+MACHINE_FEATURES_BACKFILL_CONSIDERED = "qemu-usermode"