1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/autotools.bbclass b/meta/classes/autotools.bbclass
index 0addcb915c..454dcb669f 100644
--- a/meta/classes/autotools.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/autotools.bbclass
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ ACLOCALDIR = "${B}/aclocal-copy"
 python autotools_copy_aclocals () {
     s = d.getVar("S", True)
     if not os.path.exists(s + "/configure.in") and not os.path.exists(s + "/configure.ac"):
-        if not d.getVar("AUTOTOOLS_COPYACLOCAL"):
+        if not d.getVar("AUTOTOOLS_COPYACLOCAL", False):
             return
 
     taskdepdata = d.getVar("BB_TASKDEPDATA", False)