1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index 7f64b03aac..59aa2efea2 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -119,11 +119,15 @@ DATETIME = "${DATE}${TIME}"
 
 # python-native should be here but python relies on building 
 # its own in staging
+# mercurial-native is required to pull mercurial repositories (hg://...)
+# we don't have it yet in the recipies so let's assume it's provided by
+# the underlying OS
 ASSUME_PROVIDED = "\
     bzip2-native \
     cvs-native \
     grep-native \
     diffstat-native \
+    mercurial-native \
     patch-native \
     perl-native-runtime \
     python-native-runtime \