diff --git a/meta-xilinx/meta-xilinx-bsp/conf/machine/vck190-versal.conf b/meta-xilinx/meta-xilinx-bsp/conf/machine/vck190-versal.conf
index 028c2b1..c9813b7 100644
--- a/meta-xilinx/meta-xilinx-bsp/conf/machine/vck190-versal.conf
+++ b/meta-xilinx/meta-xilinx-bsp/conf/machine/vck190-versal.conf
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 require conf/machine/include/machine-xilinx-default.inc
 require conf/machine/include/machine-xilinx-qemu.inc
 
+SOC_VARIANT = "-ai-core"
+
 MACHINE_FEATURES = "rtc ext2 ext3 vfat usbhost"
 
 UBOOT_MACHINE ?= "xilinx_versal_virt_defconfig"