1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass b/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
index 49d54bc94a..b45da4fb23 100644
--- a/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
@@ -795,7 +795,9 @@ def sstate_setscene(d):
     shared_state = sstate_state_fromvars(d)
     accelerate = sstate_installpkg(shared_state, d)
     if not accelerate:
-        bb.fatal("No suitable staging package found")
+        msg = "No sstate archive obtainable, will run full task instead."
+        bb.warn(msg)
+        raise bb.BBHandledException(msg)
 
 python sstate_task_prefunc () {
     shared_state = sstate_state_fromvars(d)