1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/package.bbclass b/meta/classes/package.bbclass
index bb0ba68e02..0a954ef97f 100644
--- a/meta/classes/package.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/package.bbclass
@@ -1051,6 +1051,7 @@ python emit_pkgdata() {
                 write_if_exists(sf, pkg, 'RSUGGESTS')
                 write_if_exists(sf, pkg, 'RREPLACES')
                 write_if_exists(sf, pkg, 'RCONFLICTS')
+                write_if_exists(sf, pkg, 'SECTION')
                 write_if_exists(sf, pkg, 'PKG')
                 write_if_exists(sf, pkg, 'ALLOW_EMPTY')
                 write_if_exists(sf, pkg, 'FILES')