diff --git a/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf b/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf
index a6bcbe180b..6cae44e7a8 100644
--- a/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf
+++ b/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ SANITY_TESTED_DISTROS ?= " \
             Ubuntu-14.10 \n \
             Ubuntu-15.04 \n \
             Ubuntu-15.10 \n \
+            Ubuntu-16.04 \n \
             Fedora-21 \n \
             Fedora-22 \n \
             Fedora-23 \n \