diff --git a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_4.10.bbappend b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_4.10.bbappend
index f163fdfc..617caccb 100644
--- a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_4.10.bbappend
+++ b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_4.10.bbappend
@@ -1,20 +1 @@
-FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:"
-
-SRC_URI += "file://xt-checksum.scc \
-            file://ebtables.scc \
-	    file://vswitch.scc \
-	    file://lxc.scc \
-            file://docker.scc \
-	    "
-KERNEL_FEATURES_append = " features/kvm/qemu-kvm-enable.scc"
-
-KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD += "openvswitch"
-KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD += "kvm"
-KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD += "kvm-amd"
-KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD += "kvm-intel"
-
-# aufs kernel support required for xen-image-minimal
-KERNEL_FEATURES_append += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'aufs', ' features/aufs/aufs-enable.scc', '', d)}"
-
-# xen kernel support
-SRC_URI += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'xen', ' file://xen.scc', '', d)}"
+require ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'virtualization', '${BPN}_virtualization.inc', '', d)}
diff --git a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_4.12.bbappend b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_4.12.bbappend
index f163fdfc..617caccb 100644
--- a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_4.12.bbappend
+++ b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_4.12.bbappend
@@ -1,20 +1 @@
-FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:"
-
-SRC_URI += "file://xt-checksum.scc \
-            file://ebtables.scc \
-	    file://vswitch.scc \
-	    file://lxc.scc \
-            file://docker.scc \
-	    "
-KERNEL_FEATURES_append = " features/kvm/qemu-kvm-enable.scc"
-
-KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD += "openvswitch"
-KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD += "kvm"
-KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD += "kvm-amd"
-KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD += "kvm-intel"
-
-# aufs kernel support required for xen-image-minimal
-KERNEL_FEATURES_append += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'aufs', ' features/aufs/aufs-enable.scc', '', d)}"
-
-# xen kernel support
-SRC_URI += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'xen', ' file://xen.scc', '', d)}"
+require ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'virtualization', '${BPN}_virtualization.inc', '', d)}
diff --git a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_4.4.bbappend b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_4.4.bbappend
index f163fdfc..617caccb 100644
--- a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_4.4.bbappend
+++ b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_4.4.bbappend
@@ -1,20 +1 @@
-FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:"
-
-SRC_URI += "file://xt-checksum.scc \
-            file://ebtables.scc \
-	    file://vswitch.scc \
-	    file://lxc.scc \
-            file://docker.scc \
-	    "
-KERNEL_FEATURES_append = " features/kvm/qemu-kvm-enable.scc"
-
-KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD += "openvswitch"
-KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD += "kvm"
-KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD += "kvm-amd"
-KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD += "kvm-intel"
-
-# aufs kernel support required for xen-image-minimal
-KERNEL_FEATURES_append += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'aufs', ' features/aufs/aufs-enable.scc', '', d)}"
-
-# xen kernel support
-SRC_URI += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'xen', ' file://xen.scc', '', d)}"
+require ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'virtualization', '${BPN}_virtualization.inc', '', d)}
diff --git a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_4.9.bbappend b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_4.9.bbappend
index f163fdfc..617caccb 100644
--- a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_4.9.bbappend
+++ b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_4.9.bbappend
@@ -1,20 +1 @@
-FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:"
-
-SRC_URI += "file://xt-checksum.scc \
-            file://ebtables.scc \
-	    file://vswitch.scc \
-	    file://lxc.scc \
-            file://docker.scc \
-	    "
-KERNEL_FEATURES_append = " features/kvm/qemu-kvm-enable.scc"
-
-KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD += "openvswitch"
-KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD += "kvm"
-KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD += "kvm-amd"
-KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD += "kvm-intel"
-
-# aufs kernel support required for xen-image-minimal
-KERNEL_FEATURES_append += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'aufs', ' features/aufs/aufs-enable.scc', '', d)}"
-
-# xen kernel support
-SRC_URI += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'xen', ' file://xen.scc', '', d)}"
+require ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'virtualization', '${BPN}_virtualization.inc', '', d)}
diff --git a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_virtualization.inc b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_virtualization.inc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9905ed9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_virtualization.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/linux-yocto:"
+
+SRC_URI += "file://xt-checksum.scc \
+            file://ebtables.scc \
+	    file://vswitch.scc \
+	    file://lxc.scc \
+            file://docker.scc \
+	    "
+KERNEL_FEATURES_append = " ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'kvm', 'features/kvm/qemu-kvm-enable.scc', '', d)}"
+
+KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD += "openvswitch"
+KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'kvm', 'kvm', '', d)}"
+KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'kvm', 'kvm-amd', '', d)}"
+KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'kvm', 'kvm-intel', '', d)}"
+
+# aufs kernel support required for xen-image-minimal
+KERNEL_FEATURES_append += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'aufs', ' features/aufs/aufs-enable.scc', '', d)}"
+
+# xen kernel support
+SRC_URI += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'xen', ' file://xen.scc', '', d)}"