diff --git a/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf b/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf
index 5b8eeb2d29..6d365e0117 100644
--- a/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf
+++ b/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ SANITY_TESTED_DISTROS ?= " \
             fedora-26 \n \
             centos-7 \n \
             debian-8 \n \
+            debian-9 \n \
             opensuse-42.1 \n \
             opensuse-42.2 \n \
             "