1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/kernel-devsrc.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/kernel-devsrc.bb
index 69a8eaef81..5ec5929735 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/kernel-devsrc.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/kernel-devsrc.bb
@@ -228,6 +228,9 @@ do_install() {
 
         # required to build scripts/selinux/genheaders/genheaders
         cp -a --parents security/selinux/include/* $kerneldir/build/
+
+        # copy any localversion files
+        cp -a localversion* $kerneldir/build/ 2>/dev/null || :
     )
 
     # Make sure the Makefile and version.h have a matching timestamp so that