diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index 71c1e52ad63..fba99e8f0cd 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ export BUILD_LD = "${BUILD_PREFIX}ld ${BUILD_LD_ARCH}"
 export BUILD_CCLD = "${BUILD_PREFIX}gcc ${BUILD_CC_ARCH}"
 export BUILD_AR = "${BUILD_PREFIX}ar"
 export BUILD_AS = "${BUILD_PREFIX}as ${BUILD_AS_ARCH}"
-export BUILD_RANLIB = "${BUILD_PREFIX}ranlib"
+export BUILD_RANLIB = "${BUILD_PREFIX}ranlib -D"
 export BUILD_STRIP = "${BUILD_PREFIX}strip"
 BUILD_OBJCOPY = "${BUILD_PREFIX}objcopy"
 BUILD_OBJDUMP = "${BUILD_PREFIX}objdump"