diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/libc-client/libc-client_2007e.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/libc-client/libc-client_2007e.bb
index 9faa2f81b0..1ecbe68d94 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/libc-client/libc-client_2007e.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/libc-client/libc-client_2007e.bb
@@ -32,3 +32,4 @@ do_install() {
         install c-client/c-client.a ${D}${libdir}/libc-client.a
 }
 
+ALLOW_EMPTY_${PN} = "1"