diff --git a/devicemodel/samples/apl-mrb/launch_uos.sh b/devicemodel/samples/apl-mrb/launch_uos.sh
index 468f07155..51c88e4d3 100755
--- a/devicemodel/samples/apl-mrb/launch_uos.sh
+++ b/devicemodel/samples/apl-mrb/launch_uos.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+
+kernel_version=$(uname -r | awk -F. '{ printf("%d.%d", $1,$2) }')
+
 ipu_passthrough=0
 
+# this is the temporal solution before IPU is ready on 4.19
+if [ "$kernel_version" = "4.19" ]; then
+ipu_passthrough=1
+fi
+
 function launch_clearlinux()
 {
 if [ ! -f "/data/$5/$5.img" ]; then