1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/package_manager/ipk/rootfs.py b/meta/lib/oe/package_manager/ipk/rootfs.py
index 1f74f7e39a..ba93eb62ea 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/package_manager/ipk/rootfs.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/package_manager/ipk/rootfs.py
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class PkgRootfs(DpkgOpkgRootfs):
     """
     def _multilib_sanity_test(self, dirs):
 
-        allow_replace = self.d.getVar("MULTILIBRE_ALLOW_REP")
+        allow_replace = "|".join((self.d.getVar("MULTILIBRE_ALLOW_REP") or "").split())
         if allow_replace is None:
             allow_replace = ""