diff --git a/meta-chiefriver/conf/machine/chiefriver.conf b/meta-chiefriver/conf/machine/chiefriver.conf
index 4a359135..b644119c 100644
--- a/meta-chiefriver/conf/machine/chiefriver.conf
+++ b/meta-chiefriver/conf/machine/chiefriver.conf
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #@DESCRIPTION: Machine configuration for Chief River systems
 # i.e. Ivy Bridge + Panther Point
 
-PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "3.2%"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "3.4%"
 
 require conf/machine/include/tune-x86_64.inc
 require conf/machine/include/ia32-base.inc
diff --git a/meta-chiefriver/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-rt_3.4.bbappend b/meta-chiefriver/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-rt_3.4.bbappend
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9e4a4a07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-chiefriver/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-rt_3.4.bbappend
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:"
+COMPATIBLE_MACHINE_chiefriver = "chiefriver"
+KMACHINE_chiefriver  = "chiefriver"
+
+# Update the following to use a different BSP branch or meta SRCREV
+#KBRANCH_chiefriver  = "standard/preempt-rt/base"
+#SRCREV_machine_pn-linux-yocto-rt_chiefriver ?= XXXX
+#SRCREV_meta_pn-linux-yocto-rt_chiefriver ?= XXXX
diff --git a/meta-chiefriver/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_3.4.bbappend b/meta-chiefriver/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_3.4.bbappend
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3b8c6f32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-chiefriver/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_3.4.bbappend
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:"
+
+COMPATIBLE_MACHINE_chiefriver = "chiefriver"
+KMACHINE_chiefriver  = "chiefriver"
+KBRANCH_chiefriver  = "standard/common-pc-64/chiefriver"
+
+KERNEL_FEATURES_append_chiefriver = " features/amt/mei"
+
+SRCREV_machine_pn-linux-yocto_chiefriver ?= "6297e4c1d57e1063bfce297c2e12392348598559"
+SRCREV_meta_pn-linux-yocto_chiefriver ?= "c2b5ee363bf2612932301488f3ac0644ff70fc7c"