1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index 95d4bd95c8..6f180d18b0 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -529,6 +529,9 @@ 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") or "") for x in ["testimage.bbclass", "testsdk.bbclass"])) else ''}"
 
+# Used by archiver.bbclass when compression is xz
+HOSTTOOLS += "${@'xz' if (('archiver.bbclass' in (d.getVar('BBINCLUDED') or '')) and (d.getVarFlag('ARCHIVER_MODE', 'compression') == 'xz')) else ''}"
+
 # Link to these if present
 HOSTTOOLS_NONFATAL += "aws gcc-ar gpg gpg-agent ld.bfd ld.gold nc pigz sftp socat ssh sudo"