1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/package_manager.py b/meta/lib/oe/package_manager.py
index a0984c404b..8be3d41706 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/package_manager.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/package_manager.py
@@ -1666,7 +1666,7 @@ class DpkgPM(PackageManager):
                 priority += 5
 
             pkg_exclude = self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_EXCLUDE', True) or ""
-            for pkg in pkg_exclude:
+            for pkg in pkg_exclude.split():
                 prefs_file.write(
                     "Package: %s\n"
                     "Pin: release *\n"