diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/kpatch/kpatch.inc b/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/kpatch/kpatch.inc
index b1e73e9542..e2e9511464 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/kpatch/kpatch.inc
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/kpatch/kpatch.inc
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ FILES_${PN} = " \
 	${sbindir}/kpatch \
 	${systemd_system_unitdir}/kpatch.service \
 	${mandir}/man1/kpatch.1.gz \
+	${sysconfdir}/init/kpatch.conf \
 	"
 FILES_kpatch-build = " \
 	${bindir}/kpatch-build \
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/kpatch/kpatch/0001-kpatch-build-add-cross-compilation-support.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/kpatch/kpatch/0001-kpatch-build-add-cross-compilation-support.patch
index 459fb21977..ab3b127641 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/kpatch/kpatch/0001-kpatch-build-add-cross-compilation-support.patch
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/kpatch/kpatch/0001-kpatch-build-add-cross-compilation-support.patch
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-From a9a80a1f4df65892a0269295ce8a64b06f2ff61d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From 70de3fecbc551907c4fd504cfff385c73be8db75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Ruslan Bilovol <rbilovol@cisco.com>
 Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2017 15:59:04 +0200
 Subject: [PATCH] kpatch-build: add cross-compilation support
@@ -17,16 +17,17 @@ possible to pass multy-component strings like
 Upstream-Status: Pending
 
 Signed-off-by: Ruslan Bilovol <rbilovol@cisco.com>
+
 ---
  kpatch-build/kpatch-build | 13 +++++++++++--
  kpatch-build/kpatch-gcc   |  4 ++--
  2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 
 diff --git a/kpatch-build/kpatch-build b/kpatch-build/kpatch-build
-index 166ecbd..af24cc4 100755
+index a76913f..4a011aa 100755
 --- a/kpatch-build/kpatch-build
 +++ b/kpatch-build/kpatch-build
-@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ gcc_version_check() {
+@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ gcc_version_check() {
  	# gcc --version varies between distributions therefore extract version
  	# by compiling a test file and compare it to vmlinux's version.
  	echo 'void main(void) {}' > "$c"
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ index 166ecbd..af24cc4 100755
  	gccver="$(gcc_version_from_file "$o")"
  	kgccver="$(gcc_version_from_file "$VMLINUX")"
  	rm -f "$c" "$o"
-@@ -381,12 +381,14 @@ usage() {
+@@ -392,12 +392,14 @@ usage() {
  	echo "		-d, --debug        Enable 'xtrace' and keep scratch files" >&2
  	echo "		                   in <CACHEDIR>/tmp" >&2
  	echo "		                   (can be specified multiple times)" >&2
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ index 166ecbd..af24cc4 100755
  
  eval set -- "$options"
  
-@@ -444,6 +446,10 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+@@ -455,6 +457,10 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
  			echo "DEBUG mode enabled"
  		fi
  		;;
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ index 166ecbd..af24cc4 100755
  	--skip-cleanup)
  		echo "Skipping cleanup"
  		SKIPCLEANUP=1
-@@ -691,6 +697,8 @@ if [[ $DEBUG -ge 4 ]]; then
+@@ -710,6 +716,8 @@ if [[ $DEBUG -ge 4 ]]; then
  	export KPATCH_GCC_DEBUG=1
  fi
  
@@ -70,8 +71,8 @@ index 166ecbd..af24cc4 100755
 +
  echo "Building original kernel"
  ./scripts/setlocalversion --save-scmversion || die
- make mrproper 2>&1 | logger || die
-@@ -840,6 +848,7 @@ cd "$TEMPDIR/patch" || die
+ unset KPATCH_GCC_TEMPDIR
+@@ -874,6 +882,7 @@ cd "$TEMPDIR/patch" || die
  KPATCH_BUILD="$SRCDIR" KPATCH_NAME="$MODNAME" \
  KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS="$KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS" \
  KPATCH_LDFLAGS="$KPATCH_LDFLAGS" \
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ index 166ecbd..af24cc4 100755
  
  if ! "$KPATCH_MODULE"; then
 diff --git a/kpatch-build/kpatch-gcc b/kpatch-build/kpatch-gcc
-index 6ba133c..3937948 100755
+index 2d56da1..59a4255 100755
 --- a/kpatch-build/kpatch-gcc
 +++ b/kpatch-build/kpatch-gcc
 @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ TOOLCHAINCMD="$1"
@@ -92,12 +93,9 @@ index 6ba133c..3937948 100755
  fi
  
  declare -a args=("$@")
-@@ -80,4 +80,4 @@ elif [[ "$TOOLCHAINCMD" = "ld" ]] ; then
+@@ -82,4 +82,4 @@ elif [[ "$TOOLCHAINCMD" = "ld" ]] ; then
  	done
  fi
  
 -exec "$TOOLCHAINCMD" "${args[@]}"
 +exec ${KPATCH_CROSS_COMPILE}${TOOLCHAINCMD} "${args[@]}"
--- 
-1.9.1
-
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/kpatch/kpatch/0002-kpatch-build-allow-overriding-of-distro-name.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/kpatch/kpatch/0002-kpatch-build-allow-overriding-of-distro-name.patch
index a9d8a7f2c5..13cdc6bfb4 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/kpatch/kpatch/0002-kpatch-build-allow-overriding-of-distro-name.patch
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/kpatch/kpatch/0002-kpatch-build-allow-overriding-of-distro-name.patch
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-From d418d716dae1e2a05131dfb42a19a4da2fc8a85d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From 15838a86d5ea94fa05976ea32fd847b18261b403 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Ruslan Bilovol <rbilovol@cisco.com>
 Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2018 14:50:03 +0200
 Subject: [PATCH] kpatch-build: allow overriding of distro name
@@ -14,15 +14,16 @@ implements all needed functionality
 Upstream-Status: Pending
 
 Signed-off-by: Ruslan Bilovol <rbilovol@cisco.com>
+
 ---
  kpatch-build/kpatch-build | 9 +++++++--
  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 
 diff --git a/kpatch-build/kpatch-build b/kpatch-build/kpatch-build
-index af24cc4..4f9f78d 100755
+index 4a011aa..eb6cd64 100755
 --- a/kpatch-build/kpatch-build
 +++ b/kpatch-build/kpatch-build
-@@ -383,12 +383,13 @@ usage() {
+@@ -394,12 +394,13 @@ usage() {
  	echo "		                   (can be specified multiple times)" >&2
  	echo "		--cross-compile    Specify the prefix used for all executables" >&2
  	echo "		                   used during compilation" >&2
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ index af24cc4..4f9f78d 100755
  
  eval set -- "$options"
  
-@@ -450,6 +451,10 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+@@ -461,6 +462,10 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
  		KPATCH_CROSS_COMPILE="$2"
  		shift
  		;;
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ index af24cc4..4f9f78d 100755
  	--skip-cleanup)
  		echo "Skipping cleanup"
  		SKIPCLEANUP=1
-@@ -526,7 +531,7 @@ fi
+@@ -539,7 +544,7 @@ fi
  # Don't check external file.
  # shellcheck disable=SC1091
  source /etc/os-release
@@ -57,6 +58,3 @@ index af24cc4..4f9f78d 100755
  if [[ "$DISTRO" = fedora ]] || [[ "$DISTRO" = rhel ]] || [[ "$DISTRO" = ol ]] || [[ "$DISTRO" = centos ]]; then
  	[[ -z "$VMLINUX" ]] && VMLINUX="/usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/$ARCHVERSION/vmlinux"
  	[[ -e "$VMLINUX" ]] || die "kernel-debuginfo-$ARCHVERSION not installed"
--- 
-1.9.1
-
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/kpatch/kpatch_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/kpatch/kpatch_git.bb
index e495e2882c..024cca6553 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/kpatch/kpatch_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/kpatch/kpatch_git.bb
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ require kpatch.inc
 
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263"
 
-SRCREV = "db6efbb8c7e90d2b761272cf563047119072768f"
+SRCREV = "7f550f01bd308cf058ae782327d29c8916cc5602"
 
-PV = "0.5.0+git${SRCPV}"
+PV = "0.6.1+git${SRCPV}"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
