diff --git a/meta-crownbay/conf/machine/crownbay-noemgd.conf b/meta-crownbay/conf/machine/crownbay-noemgd.conf
index 634aa5df..161ed38c 100644
--- a/meta-crownbay/conf/machine/crownbay-noemgd.conf
+++ b/meta-crownbay/conf/machine/crownbay-noemgd.conf
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ require conf/machine/include/meta-intel.inc
 require conf/machine/include/intel-core2-32-common.inc
 require conf/machine/include/intel-common-pkgarch.inc
 
+MACHINE_FEATURES += "intel-ucode"
+
 XSERVER ?= "${XSERVER_X86_BASE} \
            ${XSERVER_X86_EXT} \
            ${XSERVER_X86_VESA} \