diff --git a/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py b/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
index 765aedd5..552a0939 100644
--- a/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
@@ -874,7 +874,8 @@ FETCH_EXPORT_VARS = ['HOME', 'PATH',
                       'AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY',
                       'AWS_DEFAULT_REGION',
                       'GIT_CACHE_PATH',
-                     'SSL_CERT_DIR']
+                     'SSL_CERT_DIR',
+                     'REMOTE_CONTAINERS_IPC']

  def get_fetcher_environment(d):
      newenv = {}