diff --git a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/yelp/yelp_42.2.bb b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/yelp/yelp_42.2.bb
index 51d51ee0ab..1b3ded0211 100644
--- a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/yelp/yelp_42.2.bb
+++ b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/yelp/yelp_42.2.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = " \
     file://COPYING;md5=6e1b9cb787e76d7e6946887a65caa754 \
 "
-
+GNOMEBASEBUILDCLASS = "autotools"
 inherit gnomebase itstool autotools-brokensep gsettings gettext gtk-doc features_check mime-xdg
 
 # for webkitgtk