diff --git a/tools/packaging/kernel/build-kernel.sh b/tools/packaging/kernel/build-kernel.sh
index bb682e7214..f844433cfd 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/kernel/build-kernel.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/kernel/build-kernel.sh
@@ -538,6 +538,16 @@ main() {
 
 	[ -z "${subcmd}" ] && usage 1
 
+	if [[ ${build_type} == "experimental" ]] && [[ ${hypervisor_target} == "dragonball" ]]; then
+		build_type="dragonball-experimental"
+		if [ -n "$kernel_version" ];  then
+			kernel_major_version=$(get_major_kernel_version "${kernel_version}")
+			if [[ ${kernel_major_version} != "5.10" ]]; then
+				info "dragonball-experimental kernel patches are only tested on 5.10.x kernel now, other kernel version may cause confliction"	
+			fi
+		fi
+	fi
+
 	# If not kernel version take it from versions.yaml
 	if [ -z "$kernel_version" ]; then
 		if [[ ${build_type} == "experimental" ]]; then
@@ -553,6 +563,8 @@ main() {
 				kernel_version=$(get_from_kata_deps "assets.kernel-experimental.tag")
 			;;
 			esac
+		elif [[ ${build_type} == "dragonball-experimental" ]]; then
+			kernel_version=$(get_from_kata_deps "assets.dragonball-kernel-experimental.version")
 		elif [[ "${conf_guest}" != "" ]]; then
 			#If specifying a tag for kernel_version, must be formatted version-like to avoid unintended parsing issues
 			kernel_version=$(get_from_kata_deps "assets.kernel.${conf_guest}.version" 2>/dev/null || true)
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/build-type/dragonball-experimental/upcall.conf b/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/build-type/dragonball-experimental/upcall.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..75596e687a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/build-type/dragonball-experimental/upcall.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Add support for upcall and device manager service
+CONFIG_DRAGONBALL_DRIVERS=y
+CONFIG_DRAGONBALL_UPCALL_SRV=y
+CONFIG_DRAGONBALL_DEVICE_MANAGER=y
+CONFIG_DRAGONBALL_HOTPLUG_VIRTIO_MMIO=y
+CONFIG_DRAGONBALL_HOTPLUG_CPU=y
diff --git a/versions.yaml b/versions.yaml
index 28da079d6e..8c0b2bf6d3 100644
--- a/versions.yaml
+++ b/versions.yaml
@@ -182,6 +182,11 @@ assets:
     url: "https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/"
     version: "v5.15.7"
 
+  dragonball-kernel-experimental:
+    description: "Linux kernel with Dragonball VMM optimizations like upcall"
+    url: "https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/"
+    version: "v5.10.25"
+
 externals:
   description: "Third-party projects used by the system"