diff --git a/tools/packaging/kernel/build-kernel.sh b/tools/packaging/kernel/build-kernel.sh
index 57cc9be100..4e58a45ef1 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/kernel/build-kernel.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/kernel/build-kernel.sh
@@ -132,6 +132,23 @@ get_tdx_kernel() {
 	tar --strip-components=1 -xf ${kernel_tarball} -C ${kernel_path}
 }
 
+get_sev_kernel() {
+	local version="${1}"
+	local kernel_path=${2}
+
+	mkdir -p ${kernel_path}
+
+	kernel_url=$(get_from_kata_deps "assets.kernel.sev.url")
+	kernel_tarball="${version}.tar.gz"
+
+	if [ ! -f "${kernel_tarball}" ]; then
+	   curl --fail -OL "${kernel_url}${kernel_tarball}"
+	fi
+	
+	mkdir -p ${kernel_path}
+	tar --strip-components=1 -xf ${kernel_tarball} -C ${kernel_path}
+}
+
 get_kernel() {
 	local version="${1:-}"
 
@@ -142,6 +159,9 @@ get_kernel() {
 	if [ "${conf_guest}" == "tdx" ]; then
 		get_tdx_kernel ${version} ${kernel_path}
 		return
+	elif [ "${conf_guest}" == "sev" ]; then
+		get_sev_kernel ${version} ${kernel_path}
+		return
 	fi
 
 		#Remove extra 'v'
@@ -399,6 +419,9 @@ build_kernel() {
 	arch_target=$(arch_to_kernel "${arch_target}")
 	pushd "${kernel_path}" >>/dev/null
 	make -j $(nproc) ARCH="${arch_target}"
+	if [ "${conf_guest}" == "sev" ]; then
+		make -j $(nproc --ignore=1) INSTALL_MOD_STRIP=1 INSTALL_MOD_PATH=${kernel_path} modules_install
+	fi
 	[ "$arch_target" != "powerpc" ] && ([ -e "arch/${arch_target}/boot/bzImage" ] || [ -e "arch/${arch_target}/boot/Image.gz" ])
 	[ -e "vmlinux" ]
 	([ "${hypervisor_target}" == "firecracker" ] || [ "${hypervisor_target}" == "cloud-hypervisor" ]) && [ "${arch_target}" == "arm64" ] && [ -e "arch/${arch_target}/boot/Image" ]
@@ -542,6 +565,9 @@ main() {
 			esac
 		elif [[ "${conf_guest}" == "tdx" ]]; then
 			 kernel_version=$(get_from_kata_deps "assets.kernel.tdx.tag")
+		elif [[ "${conf_guest}" == "sev" ]]; then
+			#If specifying a tag for kernel_version, must be formatted version-like to avoid unintended parsing issues
+			 kernel_version=$(get_from_kata_deps "assets.kernel.sev.tag")
 		else
 			kernel_version=$(get_from_kata_deps "assets.kernel.version")
 		fi
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/x86_64/sev/sev.conf b/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/x86_64/sev/sev.conf
index af29405c72..32a43f2bbf 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/x86_64/sev/sev.conf
+++ b/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/x86_64/sev/sev.conf
@@ -4,3 +4,9 @@ CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT=y
 CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=y
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEV_SP_PSP=y
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEV_CCP=y
+CONFIG_SECURITYFS=y
+CONFIG_VIRT_DRIVERS=y
+CONFIG_EFI=y
+CONFIG_EFI_SECRET=m
+CONFIG_MODULE_SIG=y
+CONFIG_MODULES=y
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kernel/patches/efi-secret-v5.17-rc6.x/no_patches.txt b/tools/packaging/kernel/patches/efi-secret-v5.17-rc6.x/no_patches.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/versions.yaml b/versions.yaml
index 34723fd857..c09b9689ce 100644
--- a/versions.yaml
+++ b/versions.yaml
@@ -158,6 +158,11 @@ assets:
       description: "Linux kernel that supports TDX"
       url: "https://github.com/intel/tdx/archive/refs/tags"
       tag: "tdx-guest-v5.15-4"
+    sev:
+      description: "Linux kernel with efi_secret support"
+      url: "https://github.com/confidential-containers-demo/\
+      linux/archive/refs/tags/"
+      tag: "efi-secret-v5.17-rc6"
 
   kernel-experimental:
     description: "Linux kernel with virtio-fs support"