1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/devtool.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/devtool.py
index 6f76ce7b84..1eadd6b371 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/devtool.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/devtool.py
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ class DevtoolBase(oeSelfTest):
                     needvalue = checkvars.pop(var)
                     if needvalue is None:
                         self.fail('Variable %s should not appear in recipe')
+                    if isinstance(needvalue, set):
+                        value = set(value.split())
                     self.assertEqual(value, needvalue, 'values for %s do not match' % var)