diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/overlayfs.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/overlayfs.bbclass
index 53d65d7531..a82763ec10 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/overlayfs.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/overlayfs.bbclass
@@ -138,4 +138,5 @@ do_install:append() {
     done
 }
 
+do_create_overlayfs_units[vardeps] += "OVERLAYFS_WRITABLE_PATHS"
 addtask create_overlayfs_units before do_install