diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/ovmf/ovmf_git.bb b/meta/recipes-core/ovmf/ovmf_git.bb
index bf69108f0a..7cc844dfa6 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/ovmf/ovmf_git.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/ovmf/ovmf_git.bb
@@ -249,5 +249,6 @@ do_deploy:class-target() {
     fi
 }
 addtask do_deploy after do_compile before do_build
+SPDX_DEPLOY_ALLOW_EMPTY:task-deploy = "1"
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"