diff --git a/ansible/roles/prechecks/tasks/package_checks.yml b/ansible/roles/prechecks/tasks/package_checks.yml
index ef8147fd99..1bdd44e1a3 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/prechecks/tasks/package_checks.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/prechecks/tasks/package_checks.yml
@@ -11,3 +11,12 @@
   register: result
   changed_when: false
   failed_when: result.stdout | regex_replace('ansible (\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+)', '\\1') | version_compare(ansible_version_max, '>=')
+
+# If this fails run "apt-get install linux-image-generic-lts-wily"
+- name: Checking LTS wily kernel version 4.2 on Ubuntu 14.04
+  command: uname -r
+  register: result
+  changed_when: false
+  failed_when: result.stdout | regex_replace('(\\d+\\.\\d+).*', '\\1') | version_compare(ubuntu_kernel_version_min, '<')
+  when:
+    - ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu' and ansible_distribution_version == '14.04'
diff --git a/ansible/roles/prechecks/vars/main.yml b/ansible/roles/prechecks/vars/main.yml
index 3de7faad14..c8c94b048d 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/prechecks/vars/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/prechecks/vars/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 docker_version_min: '1.10.0'
 docker_py_version_min: '1.6.0'
 ansible_version_max: '2.0.0'
+ubuntu_kernel_version_min: '4.2'