diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index 702881144e..9625a6fef4 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -806,7 +806,8 @@ DISTRO_NAME ??= "OpenEmbedded"
 # And finally '<foo>:forcevariable' overrides any standard variable, with the highest priority.
 # This works for functions as well, they are really just variables.
 #
-OVERRIDES = "${TARGET_OS}:${TRANSLATED_TARGET_ARCH}:pn-${PN}:${MACHINEOVERRIDES}:${DISTROOVERRIDES}:${CLASSOVERRIDE}${LIBCOVERRIDE}:forcevariable"
+OVERRIDES = "${TARGET_OS}:${TRANSLATED_TARGET_ARCH}:pn-${PN}:layer-${FILE_LAYERNAME}:${MACHINEOVERRIDES}:${DISTROOVERRIDES}:${CLASSOVERRIDE}${LIBCOVERRIDE}:forcevariable"
+FILE_LAYERNAME ??= "config"
 LIBCOVERRIDE ?= ""
 CLASSOVERRIDE ?= "class-target"
 DISTROOVERRIDES ?= "${@d.getVar('DISTRO') or ''}"