diff --git a/meta/conf/multilib.conf b/meta/conf/multilib.conf
index 7f3b9463ef..ef3605a73d 100644
--- a/meta/conf/multilib.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/multilib.conf
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 baselib = "${@d.getVar('BASE_LIB:tune-' + (d.getVar('DEFAULTTUNE') or 'INVALID')) or d.getVar('BASELIB')}"
 
 MULTILIB_VARIANTS = "${@extend_variants(d,'MULTILIBS','multilib')}"
+MULTILIB_VARIANTS[vardeps] += "MULTILIBS"
 MULTILIB_SAVE_VARNAME = "DEFAULTTUNE TARGET_ARCH TARGET_SYS TARGET_VENDOR"
 
 MULTILIBS ??= "multilib:lib32"