2 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/default-providers.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/default-providers.inc
index 8d92c2e362..9f84d5ced2 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/include/default-providers.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/default-providers.inc
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_update-alternatives ?= "update-alternatives-opkg"
 VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_apm ?= "apm"
 VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_alsa-state ?= "alsa-state"
 VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_getopt ?= "util-linux-getopt"
+VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_wireless-tools ?= "iw wireless-tools"
 
 #
 # Default recipe providers
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-base.bb b/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-base.bb
index 262d65f5dc..9e40b28528 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-base.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-base.bb
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ RRECOMMENDS_packagegroup-base-ipsec = "\
 #
 SUMMARY_packagegroup-base-wifi = "WiFi support"
 RDEPENDS_packagegroup-base-wifi = "\
-    wireless-tools \
+    ${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_wireless-tools} \
     ${@bb.utils.contains('COMBINED_FEATURES', 'pcmcia', 'hostap-utils', '',d)} \
     ${@bb.utils.contains('COMBINED_FEATURES', 'pci', 'hostap-utils', '',d)} \
     wpa-supplicant"