1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/image.bbclass b/meta/classes/image.bbclass
index 96666d529f..cc8a23c526 100644
--- a/meta/classes/image.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/image.bbclass
@@ -297,8 +297,6 @@ python () {
     old_overrides = d.getVar('OVERRIDES', 0)
 
     def _image_base_type(type):
-        if type in ["vmdk", "vdi", "qcow2", "live", "iso", "hddimg"]:
-            type = "ext4"
         basetype = type
         for ctype in ctypes:
             if type.endswith("." + ctype):
@@ -346,12 +344,17 @@ python () {
 
     d.appendVarFlag('do_image', 'vardeps', ' '.join(vardeps))
 
+    maskedtypes = (d.getVar('IMAGE_TYPES_MASKED', True) or "").split()
+
     for t in basetypes:
         vardeps = set()
         cmds = []
         subimages = []
         realt = t
 
+        if t in maskedtypes:
+            continue
+
         localdata = bb.data.createCopy(d)
         debug = ""
         if t.startswith("debugfs_"):