diff --git a/conf/layer.conf b/conf/layer.conf
index 6ef82d6..8330fad 100644
--- a/conf/layer.conf
+++ b/conf/layer.conf
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ BBFILE_PRIORITY_overc = "1"
 # cause compatibility issues with other layers
 LAYERVERSION_overc = "1"
 LAYERDEPENDS_overc = "core"
+LAYERSERIES_COMPAT_overc = "rocko"
 
diff --git a/meta-cube/conf/layer.conf b/meta-cube/conf/layer.conf
index dc3f403..e2c5cf3 100644
--- a/meta-cube/conf/layer.conf
+++ b/meta-cube/conf/layer.conf
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ BB_DANGLINGAPPENDS_WARNONLY ?= "true"
 # This should only be incremented on significant changes that will
 # cause compatibility issues with other layers
 LAYERVERSION_cube = "1"
-
+LAYERSERIES_COMPAT_cube = "rocko"
 LAYERDEPENDS_cube = "core"
 
 # Grub2 is annoying but grub-legacy doesn't do ext4 w/o patches