1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass b/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass
index 2a93bd1a7c..dfb7b98b85 100644
--- a/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ python () {
         deps.append('opkg-utils-native:do_populate_sysroot')
         deps.append('virtual/fakeroot-native:do_populate_sysroot')
         bb.data.setVarFlag('do_package_write_ipk', 'depends', " ".join(deps), d)
+        bb.data.setVarFlag('do_package_write_ipk', 'fakeroot', "1", d)
 }
 
 python do_package_write_ipk () {