diff --git a/import-layers/meta-virtualization/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto/lxc.cfg b/import-layers/meta-virtualization/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto/lxc.cfg
index 035b314..fa2344a 100644
--- a/import-layers/meta-virtualization/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto/lxc.cfg
+++ b/import-layers/meta-virtualization/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto/lxc.cfg
@@ -19,3 +19,28 @@
 CONFIG_NETPRIO_CGROUP=m
 
 CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES=y
+
+# Virtual drivers
+CONFIG_VIRTIO_BLK=y
+CONFIG_SCSI_VIRTIO=y
+CONFIG_VIRTIO_NET=m
+CONFIG_HVC_DRIVER=y
+CONFIG_VIRTIO_CONSOLE=y
+CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_VIRTIO=m
+CONFIG_VIRTIO=y
+CONFIG_VIRTIO_RING=y
+CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI=y
+CONFIG_VIRTIO_BALLOON=y
+CONFIG_VIRTIO_MMIO=y
+
+
+# Base support for live boot
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=y
+CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=y
+CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=y
+CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y
+CONFIG_RD_GZIP=y
+
+# Support for virtual ethernet and LXC
+CONFIG_VETH=y
+CONFIG_MACVLAN=y
diff --git a/import-layers/meta-virtualization/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_4.1.bbappend b/import-layers/meta-virtualization/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_4.1.bbappend
index 85e98cc..f3be89e 100644
--- a/import-layers/meta-virtualization/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_4.1.bbappend
+++ b/import-layers/meta-virtualization/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_4.1.bbappend
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD += "kvm-intel"
 
 # aufs kernel support required for xen-image-minimal
-KERNEL_FEATURES_append += "${@base_contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'aufs', ' features/aufs/aufs-enable.scc', '', d)}"
+KERNEL_FEATURES_append += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'aufs', ' features/aufs/aufs-enable.scc', '', d)}"
 
 # xen kernel support
-SRC_URI += "${@base_contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'xen', ' file://xen.scc', '', d)}"
+SRC_URI += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'xen', ' file://xen.scc', '', d)}"
diff --git a/import-layers/meta-virtualization/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_4.4.bbappend b/import-layers/meta-virtualization/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_4.4.bbappend
index 85e98cc..f3be89e 100644
--- a/import-layers/meta-virtualization/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_4.4.bbappend
+++ b/import-layers/meta-virtualization/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_4.4.bbappend
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD += "kvm-intel"
 
 # aufs kernel support required for xen-image-minimal
-KERNEL_FEATURES_append += "${@base_contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'aufs', ' features/aufs/aufs-enable.scc', '', d)}"
+KERNEL_FEATURES_append += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'aufs', ' features/aufs/aufs-enable.scc', '', d)}"
 
 # xen kernel support
-SRC_URI += "${@base_contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'xen', ' file://xen.scc', '', d)}"
+SRC_URI += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'xen', ' file://xen.scc', '', d)}"
diff --git a/import-layers/meta-virtualization/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_4.8.bbappend b/import-layers/meta-virtualization/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_4.8.bbappend
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f3be89e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/import-layers/meta-virtualization/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_4.8.bbappend
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:"
+
+SRC_URI += "file://xt-checksum.scc \
+            file://ebtables.scc \
+	    file://vswitch.scc \
+	    file://lxc.scc \
+	    "
+KERNEL_FEATURES_append = " features/kvm/qemu-kvm-enable.scc"
+
+KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD += "openvswitch"
+KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD += "kvm"
+KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD += "kvm-amd"
+KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD += "kvm-intel"
+
+# aufs kernel support required for xen-image-minimal
+KERNEL_FEATURES_append += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'aufs', ' features/aufs/aufs-enable.scc', '', d)}"
+
+# xen kernel support
+SRC_URI += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'xen', ' file://xen.scc', '', d)}"