diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/cross.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/cross.bbclass
index 82a49dc8f5..bceee5d6e6 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/cross.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/cross.bbclass
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ python do_addto_recipe_sysroot () {
 }
 addtask addto_recipe_sysroot after do_populate_sysroot
 do_addto_recipe_sysroot[deptask] = "do_populate_sysroot"
+do_addto_recipe_sysroot[vardepsexclude] += "extend_recipe_sysroot"
 
 PATH:prepend = "${COREBASE}/scripts/cross-intercept:"