diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/qemuboot.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/qemuboot.bbclass
index 56106b1958..639d4bfd9c 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/qemuboot.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/qemuboot.bbclass
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ inherit image-artifact-names
 
 # Create qemuboot.conf
 addtask do_write_qemuboot_conf after do_rootfs before do_image
+do_write_qemuboot_conf[depends] += "${@d.getVar('KERNEL_DEPLOY_DEPEND') or ''}"
 
 def qemuboot_vars(d):
     build_vars = ['MACHINE', 'TUNE_ARCH', 'DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE',