diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/nlohmann-json/nlohmann-json_3.10.5.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/nlohmann-json/nlohmann-json_3.10.5.bb
index 0cf6fd36bc..4fa2aacdfc 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/nlohmann-json/nlohmann-json_3.10.5.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/nlohmann-json/nlohmann-json_3.10.5.bb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ inherit cmake
 EXTRA_OECMAKE += "-DJSON_BuildTests=OFF"
 
 # nlohmann-json is a header only C++ library, so the main package will be empty.
-
+ALLOW_EMPTY:${PN} = "1"
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-dev = ""
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"