diff --git a/meta-imx-sdk/conf/distro/include/fsl-imx-base.inc b/meta-imx-sdk/conf/distro/include/fsl-imx-base.inc
index 41902fc699..1b79c810ef 100644
--- a/meta-imx-sdk/conf/distro/include/fsl-imx-base.inc
+++ b/meta-imx-sdk/conf/distro/include/fsl-imx-base.inc
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ POKY_DEFAULT_DISTRO_FEATURES_IMX_REMOVE:mx7-nxp-bsp ?= "wayland vulkan"
 DISTRO_FEATURES:remove = "pulseaudio"
 
 POKY_DEFAULT_DISTRO_FEATURES:append = " ${POKY_DEFAULT_DISTRO_FEATURES_IMX_APPEND}"
-POKY_DEFAULT_DISTRO_FEATURES_IMX_APPEND             ?= "jailhouse"
+POKY_DEFAULT_DISTRO_FEATURES_IMX_APPEND             ?= "jailhouse xen"
 POKY_DEFAULT_DISTRO_FEATURES_IMX_APPEND:mx6-nxp-bsp ?= ""
 POKY_DEFAULT_DISTRO_FEATURES_IMX_APPEND:mx7-nxp-bsp ?= ""