1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass b/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass
index 8439cda6dd..6c1fdaa390 100644
--- a/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ OPKGBUILDCMD ??= "opkg-build"
 
 OPKG_ARGS += "--force_postinstall --prefer-arch-to-version"
 OPKG_ARGS += "${@['', '--no-install-recommends'][d.getVar("NO_RECOMMENDATIONS") == "1"]}"
-OPKG_ARGS += "${@['', '--add-exclude ' + ' --add-exclude '.join((d.getVar('PACKAGE_EXCLUDE') or "").split())][(d.getVar("PACKAGE_EXCLUDE") or "") != ""]}"
+OPKG_ARGS += "${@['', '--add-exclude ' + ' --add-exclude '.join((d.getVar('PACKAGE_EXCLUDE') or "").split())][(d.getVar("PACKAGE_EXCLUDE") or "").strip() != ""]}"
 
 OPKGLIBDIR = "${localstatedir}/lib"