diff --git a/layer/bsp-alix/ROOTFS b/layer/bsp-alix/ROOTFS
index 5e85f71..b70b58b 100644
--- a/layer/bsp-alix/ROOTFS
+++ b/layer/bsp-alix/ROOTFS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 kmod
 btrfs-progs
 dosfstools
-linux
+linux-lts
diff --git a/layer/bsp-alix/TOOLCHAIN b/layer/bsp-alix/TOOLCHAIN
index c34ec7d..c90c0e6 100644
--- a/layer/bsp-alix/TOOLCHAIN
+++ b/layer/bsp-alix/TOOLCHAIN
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ CPU_IS_64BIT="no"
 GCC_EXTRACFG="--disable-libmpx --disable-cet"
 BINUTILS_EXTRACFG="--disable-cet"
 
-PREFERED_PROVIDER[linux]="linux"
+PREFERED_PROVIDER[linux]="linux-lts"
 PREFERED_PROVIDER[release]="release-alix"
 
 LINUX_TGT="bzImage modules"
diff --git a/layer/bsp-qemu64/ROOTFS b/layer/bsp-qemu64/ROOTFS
index a08e1f3..cf239ed 100644
--- a/layer/bsp-qemu64/ROOTFS
+++ b/layer/bsp-qemu64/ROOTFS
@@ -1 +1 @@
-linux
+linux-lts
diff --git a/layer/bsp-qemu64/TOOLCHAIN b/layer/bsp-qemu64/TOOLCHAIN
index 5a879c1..5b27c95 100644
--- a/layer/bsp-qemu64/TOOLCHAIN
+++ b/layer/bsp-qemu64/TOOLCHAIN
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ CPU_IS_64BIT="yes"
 GCC_EXTRACFG="--enable-libmpx"
 BINUTILS_EXTRACFG=""
 
-PREFERED_PROVIDER[linux]="linux"
+PREFERED_PROVIDER[linux]="linux-lts"
 PREFERED_PROVIDER[release]="release-qemu"
 
 LINUX_TGT="bzImage"
diff --git a/pkg/linux/build b/pkg/linux-lts/build
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/linux/build
rename to pkg/linux-lts/build
diff --git a/pkg/linux/linux.desc b/pkg/linux-lts/linux-lts.desc
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/linux/linux.desc
rename to pkg/linux-lts/linux-lts.desc
diff --git a/pkg/linux-rpi3/build b/pkg/linux-rpi3/build
index 4c7aabd..3802781 100755
--- a/pkg/linux-rpi3/build
+++ b/pkg/linux-rpi3/build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # inherit functions from generic kernel package
-source "$SCRIPTDIR/pkg/linux/build"
+source "$SCRIPTDIR/pkg/linux-lts/build"
 
 VERSION="1.20190215-1"
 SRCDIR="linux-raspberrypi-kernel_${VERSION}"