diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index 5c875f34f8..c09c0a7d52 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ HOSTTOOLS += " \
     mktemp mv nm objcopy objdump od patch perl pr printf pwd \
     python3 pzstd ranlib readelf readlink realpath rm rmdir rpcgen sed seq sh \
     sha1sum sha224sum sha256sum sha384sum sha512sum \
-    sleep sort split stat strings strip tail tar tee test touch tr true uname \
+    sleep sort split stat strings strip tail tar tee test touch tr true truncate uname \
     uniq unzstd wc wget which xargs zstd \
 "