diff --git a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_virtualization.inc b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_virtualization.inc
index c09b07c2..5d3cbc66 100644
--- a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_virtualization.inc
+++ b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_virtualization.inc
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ SRC_URI += "file://xt-checksum.scc \
 	    "
 KERNEL_FEATURES_append = " ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'kvm', 'features/kvm/qemu-kvm-enable.scc', '', d)}"
 
-KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD += "openvswitch"
+KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD += "nf_conntrack_ipv6 openvswitch"
 KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'kvm', 'kvm', '', d)}"
 
 # aufs kernel support required for xen-image-minimal