1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index fbf5669ddd..8f73854599 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ HOSTTOOLS += " \
 "
 
 # Tools needed to run testimage runtime image testing
-HOSTTOOLS += "${@'ip ping ps scp ssh stty' if (bb.utils.contains_any('IMAGE_CLASSES', 'testimage testsdk', True, False, d) or any(x in d.getVar("BBINCLUDED") for x in ["testimage.bbclass", "testsdk.bbclass"])) else ''}"
+HOSTTOOLS += "${@'ip ping ps scp ssh stty' if (bb.utils.contains_any('IMAGE_CLASSES', 'testimage testsdk', True, False, d) or any(x in (d.getVar("BBINCLUDED") or "") for x in ["testimage.bbclass", "testsdk.bbclass"])) else ''}"
 
 # Link to these if present
 HOSTTOOLS_NONFATAL += "aws ccache gcc-ar gpg ld.bfd ld.gold nc sftp socat ssh sudo"