diff --git a/meta/classes/base.bbclass b/meta/classes/base.bbclass
index a65fcc6c1d..b709777f24 100644
--- a/meta/classes/base.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/base.bbclass
@@ -665,6 +665,10 @@ python () {
         elif uri.scheme == "npm":
             d.appendVarFlag('do_fetch', 'depends', ' nodejs-native:do_populate_sysroot')
 
+        elif uri.scheme == "repo":
+            needsrcrev = True
+            d.appendVarFlag('do_fetch', 'depends', ' repo-native:do_populate_sysroot')
+
         # *.lz4 should DEPEND on lz4-native for unpacking
         if path.endswith('.lz4'):
             d.appendVarFlag('do_unpack', 'depends', ' lz4-native:do_populate_sysroot')