2 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/commands.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/commands.py
index cad0bea0be..0d9cf23fe4 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/commands.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/commands.py
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ def create_temp_layer(templayerdir, templayername, priority=999, recipepathspec=
         f.write('BBFILE_PATTERN_%s = "^${LAYERDIR}/"\n' % templayername)
         f.write('BBFILE_PRIORITY_%s = "%d"\n' % (templayername, priority))
         f.write('BBFILE_PATTERN_IGNORE_EMPTY_%s = "1"\n' % templayername)
-
+        f.write('LAYERSERIES_COMPAT_%s = "${LAYERSERIES_COMPAT_core}"\n' % templayername)
 
 @contextlib.contextmanager
 def runqemu(pn, ssh=True, runqemuparams='', image_fstype=None, launch_cmd=None, qemuparams=None, overrides={}, discard_writes=True):
diff --git a/scripts/devtool b/scripts/devtool
index b4bfbb8329..d681a1929a 100755
--- a/scripts/devtool
+++ b/scripts/devtool
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ def _create_workspace(workspacedir, config, basepath):
             f.write('BBFILE_PATTERN_workspacelayer = "^$' + '{LAYERDIR}/"\n')
             f.write('BBFILE_PATTERN_IGNORE_EMPTY_workspacelayer = "1"\n')
             f.write('BBFILE_PRIORITY_workspacelayer = "99"\n')
+            f.write('LAYERSERIES_COMPAT_workspacelayer = "${LAYERSERIES_COMPAT_core}"\n')
         # Add a README file
         with open(os.path.join(workspacedir, 'README'), 'w') as f:
             f.write('This layer was created by the OpenEmbedded devtool utility in order to\n')