diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/newt/libnewt_0.52.20.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/newt/libnewt_0.52.20.bb
index 65ce70c47d..264ef3b8ad 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/newt/libnewt_0.52.20.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/newt/libnewt_0.52.20.bb
@@ -51,4 +51,4 @@ do_compile_prepend() {
 
 FILES_whiptail = "${bindir}/whiptail"
 
-BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"
+BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"