1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/update-alternatives.bbclass b/meta/classes/update-alternatives.bbclass
index e6d78703a7..a3c1657fa9 100644
--- a/meta/classes/update-alternatives.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/update-alternatives.bbclass
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ python populate_packages_updatealternatives () {
             provider = d.getVar('VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_update-alternatives', True)
             if provider:
                 #bb.note('adding runtime requirement for update-alternatives for %s' % pkg)
-                d.appendVar('RDEPENDS_%s' % pkg, ' ' + d.getVar('MLPREFIX') + provider)
+                d.appendVar('RDEPENDS_%s' % pkg, ' ' + d.getVar('MLPREFIX', False) + provider)
 
             bb.note('adding update-alternatives calls to postinst/prerm for %s' % pkg)
             bb.note('%s' % alt_setup_links)