diff --git a/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/whitelist.conf b/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/whitelist.conf
index 25198cebdc..e6b2711511 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/whitelist.conf
+++ b/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/whitelist.conf
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ CONFIG_ARM64_UAO
 CONFIG_VFIO_MDEV_DEVICE
 CONFIG_SPECULATION_MITIGATIONS
 CONFIG_X86_SGX
+CONFIG_VIRTIO_IOMMU
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/x86_64/vfio.conf b/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/x86_64/vfio.conf
index 09a4bf02f1..e052e10e66 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/x86_64/vfio.conf
+++ b/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/x86_64/vfio.conf
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 # x86 specific items we need in order to handle vfio_mode=vfio devices
 CONFIG_INTEL_IOMMU=y
 CONFIG_IRQ_REMAP=y
+CONFIG_VIRTIO_IOMMU=y
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kernel/kata_config_version b/tools/packaging/kernel/kata_config_version
index dee79f1094..ee977b5ecd 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kernel/kata_config_version
+++ b/tools/packaging/kernel/kata_config_version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-114
+115