diff --git a/meta-chiefriver/conf/machine/chiefriver.conf b/meta-chiefriver/conf/machine/chiefriver.conf
index c9237f41..a78e4fda 100644
--- a/meta-chiefriver/conf/machine/chiefriver.conf
+++ b/meta-chiefriver/conf/machine/chiefriver.conf
@@ -13,3 +13,7 @@ XSERVER ?= "${XSERVER_IA32_BASE} \
            ${XSERVER_IA32_EXT} \
            ${XSERVER_IA32_I965} \
            "
+
+VA_FEATURES ?= "gst-va-intel va-intel"
+
+MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS += "${VA_FEATURES}"