1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/package.bbclass b/meta/classes/package.bbclass
index 7a36262eb6..464ba8dc6f 100644
--- a/meta/classes/package.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/package.bbclass
@@ -1638,7 +1638,7 @@ fi
         # Symlinks needed for rprovides lookup
         rprov = d.getVar('RPROVIDES_%s' % pkg) or d.getVar('RPROVIDES')
         if rprov:
-            for p in rprov.strip().split():
+            for p in bb.utils.explode_deps(rprov):
                 subdata_sym = pkgdatadir + "/runtime-rprovides/%s/%s" % (p, pkg)
                 bb.utils.mkdirhier(os.path.dirname(subdata_sym))
                 oe.path.symlink("../../runtime/%s" % pkg, subdata_sym, True)