diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/uboot-extlinux-config.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/uboot-extlinux-config.bbclass
index 2fa83b2c8b..099476f5d6 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/uboot-extlinux-config.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/uboot-extlinux-config.bbclass
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ python do_create_extlinux_config() {
     except OSError:
         bb.fatal('Unable to open %s' % (cfile))
 }
-UBOOT_EXTLINUX_VARS = "CONSOLE MENU_DESCRIPTION ROOT KERNEL_IMAGE FDTDIR FDT KERNEL_ARGS INITRD"
+UBOOT_EXTLINUX_VARS = "CONSOLE MENU_DESCRIPTION ROOT KERNEL_IMAGE FDTDIR FDT FDTOVERLAYS KERNEL_ARGS INITRD"
 do_create_extlinux_config[vardeps] += "${@' '.join(['UBOOT_EXTLINUX_%s:%s' % (v, l) for v in d.getVar('UBOOT_EXTLINUX_VARS').split() for l in d.getVar('UBOOT_EXTLINUX_LABELS').split()])}"
 do_create_extlinux_config[vardepsexclude] += "OVERRIDES"