1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index e5a8b76273..21d68801e7 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ FILESDIR = "${@bb.which(bb.data.getVar('FILESPATH', d, 1), '.')}"
 
 TMPDIR = "${TOPDIR}/tmp"
 CACHE = "${TMPDIR}/cache${@['', '/' + str(bb.data.getVar('MACHINE', d, 1))][bool(bb.data.getVar('MACHINE', d, 1))]}"
-DL_DIR = "${TMPDIR}/downloads"
+DL_DIR ?= "${TMPDIR}/downloads"
 CVSDIR = "${DL_DIR}/cvs"
 SVNDIR = "${DL_DIR}/svn"
 GITDIR = "${DL_DIR}/git"