1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/packages/tasks/task-poky-boot.bb b/meta/packages/tasks/task-poky-boot.bb
index 072f3bfc66..3285f3f96c 100644
--- a/meta/packages/tasks/task-poky-boot.bb
+++ b/meta/packages/tasks/task-poky-boot.bb
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ PACKAGE_ARCH = "${MACHINE_ARCH}"
 ALLOW_EMPTY = "1"
 PR = "r1"
 
+MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS ?= ""
+
 RDEPENDS_task-poky-boot = "\
     base-files \
     base-passwd \