diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/msgpack/msgpack-cpp_4.0.2.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/msgpack/msgpack-cpp_4.0.2.bb
index ef066753d..dc8f13c26 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/msgpack/msgpack-cpp_4.0.2.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/msgpack/msgpack-cpp_4.0.2.bb
@@ -19,4 +19,8 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
 inherit cmake pkgconfig
 
+ALLOW_EMPTY:${PN} = "1"
+
+RDEPENDS:${PN}-dev = ""
+
 BBCLASSEXTEND += "native nativesdk"