diff --git a/layers/meta-tegrademo/conf/distro/tegrademo-mender.conf b/layers/meta-tegrademo/conf/distro/tegrademo-mender.conf
index a1bab862..70746aaf 100644
--- a/layers/meta-tegrademo/conf/distro/tegrademo-mender.conf
+++ b/layers/meta-tegrademo/conf/distro/tegrademo-mender.conf
@@ -36,3 +36,5 @@ MENDER_STORAGE_TOTAL_SIZE_MB ?= "${@tegra_mender_calc_total_size(d) - int(d.getV
 SYSTEMD_DEFAULT_TARGET = "finished-booting.target"
 
 IMAGE_INSTALL_append_tegra = " tegra-eeprom-tool i2c-tools tegra-bup-payload"
+
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/bootloader_tegra186 = "cboot-t18x"