diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-navigation/orrery/orrery_2.7.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-navigation/orrery/orrery_2.7.bb
index 95c1b29653..e6cbffcf4e 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-navigation/orrery/orrery_2.7.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-navigation/orrery/orrery_2.7.bb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ LICENSE = "GPLv2+"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://orrery.c;endline=25;md5=d792bdf2b591972da175aecc38d88cfe"
 DEPENDS = "gtk+"
 
-inherit autotools pkgconfig
+inherit autotools-brokensep pkgconfig
 
 SRC_URI = "http://projects.openmoko.org/frs/download.php/923/orrery_2.7_clean.tar.gz \
            file://orrery.png \