1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass b/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass
index 998e18ba6c..4fcb25ca70 100644
--- a/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass
@@ -274,7 +274,8 @@ python do_package_write_ipk () {
 do_package_write_ipk[dirs] = "${PKGWRITEDIRIPK}"
 do_package_write_ipk[cleandirs] = "${PKGWRITEDIRIPK}"
 do_package_write_ipk[depends] += "${@oe.utils.build_depends_string(d.getVar('PACKAGE_WRITE_DEPS'), 'do_populate_sysroot')}"
-addtask package_write_ipk after do_packagedata do_package before do_build
+EPOCHTASK ??= ""
+addtask package_write_ipk after do_packagedata do_package ${EPOCHTASK} before do_build
 
 PACKAGEINDEXDEPS += "opkg-utils-native:do_populate_sysroot"
 PACKAGEINDEXDEPS += "opkg-native:do_populate_sysroot"