1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/package.bbclass b/meta/classes/package.bbclass
index 2053d46395..cee64f3267 100644
--- a/meta/classes/package.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/package.bbclass
@@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ python split_and_strip_files () {
     # 16 - kernel module
     def isELF(path):
         type = 0
-        ret, result = oe.utils.getstatusoutput("file \"%s\"" % path.replace("\"", "\\\""))
+        ret, result = oe.utils.getstatusoutput("file -b '%s'" % path.replace("\"", "\\\""))
 
         if ret:
             msg = "split_and_strip_files: 'file %s' failed" % path