2 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/base.bbclass b/meta/classes/base.bbclass
index d68ffbe848..d4b11bc7a8 100644
--- a/meta/classes/base.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/base.bbclass
@@ -553,6 +553,10 @@ python () {
     for uri in srcuri.split():
         (scheme, _ , path) = bb.fetch.decodeurl(uri)[:3]
 
+        # HTTP/FTP use the wget fetcher
+        if scheme in ("http", "https", "ftp"):
+            d.appendVarFlag('do_fetch', 'depends', ' wget-native:do_populate_sysroot')
+
         # Svn packages should DEPEND on subversion-native
         if scheme == "svn":
             d.appendVarFlag('do_fetch', 'depends', ' subversion-native:do_populate_sysroot')
diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index 1a2f420c74..775c0c6617 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ ASSUME_PROVIDED = "\
     texinfo-native \
     bash-native \
     sed-native \
+    wget-native \
     "
 # gzip-native should be listed above?