diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/kernel-devsrc.bb b/poky/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/kernel-devsrc.bb
index 69a8eae..5ec5929 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/kernel-devsrc.bb
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/kernel-devsrc.bb
@@ -228,6 +228,9 @@
 
         # required to build scripts/selinux/genheaders/genheaders
         cp -a --parents security/selinux/include/* $kerneldir/build/
+
+	# copy any localversion files
+	cp -a localversion* $kerneldir/build/ 2>/dev/null || :
     )
 
     # Make sure the Makefile and version.h have a matching timestamp so that