diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-connectivity/kea/files/kea-dhcp-ddns.service b/poky/meta/recipes-connectivity/kea/files/kea-dhcp-ddns.service
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+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-connectivity/kea/files/kea-dhcp-ddns.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=Kea DHCP-DDNS Server
+Wants=network-online.target
+After=network-online.target
+After=time-sync.target
+
+[Service]
+ExecStartPre=@BASE_BINDIR@/mkdir -p @LOCALSTATEDIR@/run/kea/
+ExecStartPre=@BASE_BINDIR@/mkdir -p @LOCALSTATEDIR@/kea
+ExecStart=@SBINDIR@/kea-dhcp-ddns -c @SYSCONFDIR@/kea/kea-dhcp-ddns.conf
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-connectivity/kea/files/kea-dhcp4.service b/poky/meta/recipes-connectivity/kea/files/kea-dhcp4.service
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+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-connectivity/kea/files/kea-dhcp4.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=Kea DHCPv4 Server
+Wants=network-online.target
+After=network-online.target
+After=time-sync.target
+
+[Service]
+ExecStartPre=@BASE_BINDIR@/mkdir -p @LOCALSTATEDIR@/run/kea/
+ExecStartPre=@BASE_BINDIR@/mkdir -p @LOCALSTATEDIR@/lib/kea
+ExecStart=@SBINDIR@/kea-dhcp4 -c @SYSCONFDIR@/kea/kea-dhcp4.conf
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-connectivity/kea/files/kea-dhcp6.service b/poky/meta/recipes-connectivity/kea/files/kea-dhcp6.service
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+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-connectivity/kea/files/kea-dhcp6.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=Kea DHCPv6 Server
+Wants=network-online.target
+After=network-online.target
+After=time-sync.target
+
+[Service]
+ExecStartPre=@BASE_BINDIR@/mkdir -p @LOCALSTATEDIR@/run/kea/
+ExecStartPre=@BASE_BINDIR@/mkdir -p @LOCALSTATEDIR@/lib/kea
+ExecStart=@SBINDIR@/kea-dhcp6 -c @SYSCONFDIR@/kea/kea-dhcp6.conf
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-connectivity/kea/kea_1.7.10.bb b/poky/meta/recipes-connectivity/kea/kea_1.7.10.bb
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+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-connectivity/kea/kea_1.7.10.bb
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+SUMMARY = "ISC Kea DHCP Server"
+DESCRIPTION = "Kea is the next generation of DHCP software developed by ISC. It supports both DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 protocols along with their extensions, e.g. prefix delegation and dynamic updates to DNS."
+HOMEPAGE = "http://kea.isc.org"
+SECTION = "connectivity"
+LICENSE = "MPL-2.0 & Apache-2.0"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=68d95543d2096459290a4e6b9ceccffa"
+
+DEPENDS = "boost log4cplus openssl"
+
+SRC_URI = "\
+    http://ftp.isc.org/isc/kea/${PV}/${BP}.tar.gz \
+    file://kea-dhcp4.service \
+    file://kea-dhcp6.service \
+    file://kea-dhcp-ddns.service \
+"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "4e121f0e58b175a827581c69cb1d60778647049fa47f142940dddc9ce58f3c82"
+
+inherit autotools systemd
+
+SYSTEMD_SERVICE_${PN} = "kea-dhcp4.service kea-dhcp6.service kea-dhcp-ddns.service"
+SYSTEMD_AUTO_ENABLE = "disable"
+
+DEBUG_OPTIMIZATION_remove_mips = " -Og"
+DEBUG_OPTIMIZATION_append_mips = " -O"
+BUILD_OPTIMIZATION_remove_mips = " -Og"
+BUILD_OPTIMIZATION_append_mips = " -O"
+
+DEBUG_OPTIMIZATION_remove_mipsel = " -Og"
+DEBUG_OPTIMIZATION_append_mipsel = " -O"
+BUILD_OPTIMIZATION_remove_mipsel = " -Og"
+BUILD_OPTIMIZATION_append_mipsel = " -O"
+
+EXTRA_OECONF = "--with-boost-libs=-lboost_system \
+                --with-log4cplus=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}${prefix} \
+                --with-openssl=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}${prefix}"
+
+do_configure_prepend() {
+    # replace abs_top_builddir to avoid introducing the build path
+    # don't expand the abs_top_builddir on the target as the abs_top_builddir is meanlingless on the target
+    find ${S} -type f -name *.sh.in | xargs sed -i  "s:@abs_top_builddir@:@abs_top_builddir_placeholder@:g"
+    sed -i "s:@abs_top_srcdir@:@abs_top_srcdir_placeholder@:g" ${S}/src/bin/admin/kea-admin.in
+}
+
+do_install_append() {
+    install -d ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir}
+    install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/kea-dhcp*service ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir}
+    sed -i -e 's,@SBINDIR@,${sbindir},g' -e 's,@BASE_BINDIR@,${base_bindir},g' \
+           -e 's,@LOCALSTATEDIR@,${localstatedir},g' -e 's,@SYSCONFDIR@,${sysconfdir},g' \
+           ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir}/kea-dhcp*service
+}
+
+do_install_append() {
+    rm -rf "${D}${localstatedir}"
+}
+
+FILES_${PN}-staticdev += "${libdir}/kea/hooks/*.a ${libdir}/hooks/*.a"
+FILES_${PN} += "${libdir}/hooks/*.so"
+
+PARALLEL_MAKEINST = ""