1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/package_deb.bbclass b/meta/classes/package_deb.bbclass
index 77caaa55c8..65dbe6c392 100644
--- a/meta/classes/package_deb.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/package_deb.bbclass
@@ -315,7 +315,8 @@ python do_package_write_deb () {
 do_package_write_deb[dirs] = "${PKGWRITEDIRDEB}"
 do_package_write_deb[cleandirs] = "${PKGWRITEDIRDEB}"
 do_package_write_deb[depends] += "${@oe.utils.build_depends_string(d.getVar('PACKAGE_WRITE_DEPS'), 'do_populate_sysroot')}"
-addtask package_write_deb after do_packagedata do_package before do_build
+EPOCHTASK ??= ""
+addtask package_write_deb after do_packagedata do_package ${EPOCHTASK} before do_build
 
 PACKAGEINDEXDEPS += "dpkg-native:do_populate_sysroot"
 PACKAGEINDEXDEPS += "apt-native:do_populate_sysroot"