diff --git a/meta-gem5/recipes-devtools/gem5/gem5-native.inc b/meta-gem5/recipes-devtools/gem5/gem5-native.inc
index 3c891bae..3cad1ebe 100644
--- a/meta-gem5/recipes-devtools/gem5/gem5-native.inc
+++ b/meta-gem5/recipes-devtools/gem5/gem5-native.inc
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ GEM5_SCONS_ARGS ?= "CC=${BUILD_CC} CXX=${BUILD_CXX} \
 GEM5_RUN_PROFILE ?= "configs/example/fs.py"
 
 # We are building a native package and we need to use scons
-inherit native scons
+inherit scons native
 
 # the build is using several tools:
 # python3: scons and six