diff --git a/meta-digi-arm/recipes-bsp/imx-vpu/imx-vpu_%.bbappend b/meta-digi-arm/recipes-bsp/imx-vpu/imx-vpu_%.bbappend
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+PROVIDES = "virtual/imxvpu"
+RPROVIDES_${PN} = "virtual/imxvpu"
+
+PLATFORM_mx8 = "IMX8"
+
+COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "(ccimx8x)"
diff --git a/meta-digi-arm/recipes-bsp/imx-vpu/imx-vpu_5.4.37.bb b/meta-digi-arm/recipes-bsp/imx-vpu/imx-vpu_5.4.37.bb
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+# Copyright (C) 2013-2016 Freescale Semiconductor
+# Copyright 2017 NXP
+
+require recipes-bsp/imx-vpu/imx-vpu.inc
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=6b552f505eedab4a11ab538cf3db743a"
+
+PE = "1"
+
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "2b8311cb6e5b5813253db706e807d962"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "ee265e88d17c7369bd9cb917e7cce035b8c7ee2ba4491645fdab9f382f54beb0"
+
+# imx-vpu can only support imx6q platform, in order to build out the vpu case in unit test,
+# using a workaround to transfer "IMX6Q" on imx6ul & imx7d platform.
+PLATFORM_mx6ul = "IMX6Q"
+PLATFORM_mx7 = "IMX6Q"
+PLATFORM_mx6sll = "IMX6Q"
+
+# Compatible only for i.MX with Chips & Media VPU
+COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "(^$)"
+COMPATIBLE_MACHINE_imxvpucnm = "${MACHINE}"