2 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/data.py b/meta/lib/oe/data.py
index 4cc0e02968..e49572177b 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/data.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/data.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import oe.maketype
 def typed_value(key, d):
     """Construct a value for the specified metadata variable, using its flags
     to determine the type and parameters for construction."""
-    var_type = d.getVarFlag(key, 'type')
+    var_type = d.getVarFlag(key, 'type', True)
     flags = d.getVarFlags(key)
     if flags is not None:
         flags = dict((flag, d.expand(value))
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/packagegroup.py b/meta/lib/oe/packagegroup.py
index 12eb4212ff..a6fee5f950 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/packagegroup.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/packagegroup.py
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ import itertools
 def is_optional(feature, d):
     packages = d.getVar("FEATURE_PACKAGES_%s" % feature, True)
     if packages:
-        return bool(d.getVarFlag("FEATURE_PACKAGES_%s" % feature, "optional"))
+        return bool(d.getVarFlag("FEATURE_PACKAGES_%s" % feature, "optional", True))
     else:
-        return bool(d.getVarFlag("PACKAGE_GROUP_%s" % feature, "optional"))
+        return bool(d.getVarFlag("PACKAGE_GROUP_%s" % feature, "optional", True))
 
 def packages(features, d):
     for feature in features: