diff --git a/recipes-products/images/qcom-multimedia-proprietary-image.bb b/recipes-products/images/qcom-multimedia-proprietary-image.bb
index 40d81726..f05eca28 100644
--- a/recipes-products/images/qcom-multimedia-proprietary-image.bb
+++ b/recipes-products/images/qcom-multimedia-proprietary-image.bb
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ require qcom-multimedia-image.bb
 
 SUMMARY = "An image built on top of multimedia image for proprietary features"
 
+# Use proprietary diag-router instead of open-source diag
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual-diag-router = "diag-router"
+
 # This image is compatible only with aarch64 (ARMv8)
 COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "^$"
 COMPATIBLE_MACHINE:aarch64 = "(.*)"
@@ -11,6 +14,7 @@ CORE_IMAGE_BASE_INSTALL += " \
     iris-video-dlkm \
     kgsl-dlkm \
     qcom-adreno \
+    virtual-diag-router \
 "
 CORE_IMAGE_BASE_INSTALL:append = " \
     ${@bb.utils.contains('BBFILE_COLLECTIONS', 'meta-audioreach', ' packagegroup-audioreach', '', d)} \