diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index d8252c5b82..a8c630e7f8 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ HOSTTOOLS_DIR = "${TMPDIR}/hosttools"
 HOSTTOOLS += " \
     [ ar as awk basename bash bunzip2 bzip2 cat chgrp chmod chown chrpath cmp comm cp cpio \
     cpp cut date dd diff diffstat dirname du echo egrep env expand expr false \
-    fgrep file find flock g++ gawk gcc getconf getopt git grep gunzip gzip \
+    fgrep file find flock g++ gawk getent gcc getconf getopt git grep gunzip gzip \
     head hostname iconv id install ld ldd ln ls lz4c make md5sum mkdir mkfifo mknod \
     mktemp mv nm objcopy objdump od patch perl pr printf pwd \
     python3 pzstd ranlib readelf readlink realpath rm rmdir rpcgen sed seq sh \