diff --git a/meta-poky/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_%.bbappend b/meta-poky/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_%.bbappend
index 8802adbb46b..480f568f7b4 100644
--- a/meta-poky/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-poky/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_%.bbappend
@@ -1 +1 @@
-FILESEXTRAPATHS:prepend := "${THISDIR}/files:"
+FILESEXTRAPATHS:prepend:poky := "${THISDIR}/files:"
