diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a1bb0dbaa396..7cd71696ae11 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -278,15 +278,15 @@ release-iso: minikube_iso checksum
 	gsutil cp out/minikube.iso gs://$(ISO_BUCKET)/minikube-$(ISO_VERSION).iso
 	gsutil cp out/minikube.iso.sha256 gs://$(ISO_BUCKET)/minikube-$(ISO_VERSION).iso.sha256
 
-out/docker-machine-driver-kvm: $(KVM_DRIVER_FILES)
+out/docker-machine-driver-kvm2: $(KVM_DRIVER_FILES)
 	go build 																		\
 		-installsuffix "static" 													\
 		-ldflags "-X k8s.io/minikube/pkg/drivers/kvm/version.VERSION=$(VERSION)" 	\
 		-tags libvirt.1.2.2 														\
-		-o $(BUILD_DIR)/docker-machine-driver-kvm 									\
+		-o $(BUILD_DIR)/docker-machine-driver-kvm2 									\
 		k8s.io/minikube/cmd/drivers/kvm
 	chmod +X $@
 
 .PHONY: install-kvm
-install-kvm: out/docker-machine-driver-kvm
-	cp out/docker-machine-driver-kvm $(GOBIN)/docker-machine-driver-kvm
+install-kvm: out/docker-machine-driver-kvm2
+	cp out/docker-machine-driver-kvm2 $(GOBIN)/docker-machine-driver-kvm2
diff --git a/hack/jenkins/linux_integration_tests_kvm_alt.sh b/hack/jenkins/linux_integration_tests_kvm_alt.sh
index 84092780506e..e150088603bf 100644
--- a/hack/jenkins/linux_integration_tests_kvm_alt.sh
+++ b/hack/jenkins/linux_integration_tests_kvm_alt.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 set -e
 
 OS_ARCH="linux-amd64"
-VM_DRIVER="kvm"
+VM_DRIVER="kvm2"
 JOB_NAME="Linux-KVM-Alt"
 
 # Download files and set permissions
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cluster/cluster.go b/pkg/minikube/cluster/cluster.go
index cf1ddf43b33b..843da42e36a1 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cluster/cluster.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cluster/cluster.go
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ func createHost(api libmachine.API, config MachineConfig) (*host.Host, error) {
 		driver = createVirtualboxHost(config)
 	case "vmwarefusion":
 		driver = createVMwareFusionHost(config)
-	case "kvm":
+	case "kvm", "kvm2":
 		driver = createKVMHost(config)
 	case "xhyve":
 		driver = createXhyveHost(config)
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/constants/constants_linux.go b/pkg/minikube/constants/constants_linux.go
index 7c8bb1c7c28f..30e020310510 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/constants/constants_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/constants/constants_linux.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 var SupportedVMDrivers = [...]string{
 	"virtualbox",
 	"kvm",
+	"kvm2",
 	"none",
 }