diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/make-mod-scripts/make-mod-scripts_1.0.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/make-mod-scripts/make-mod-scripts_1.0.bb
index 28e0807d1d..0e24efc597 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/make-mod-scripts/make-mod-scripts_1.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/make-mod-scripts/make-mod-scripts_1.0.bb
@@ -32,3 +32,6 @@ do_configure() {
 		-C ${STAGING_KERNEL_DIR} O=${STAGING_KERNEL_BUILDDIR} $t
 	done
 }
+
+# keep native libraries required for module signing
+RM_WORK_EXCLUDE_ITEMS += "recipe-sysroot-native"