diff --git a/meta/classes/poetry_core.bbclass b/meta/classes/poetry_core.bbclass
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+inherit pip_install_wheel python3native setuptools3-base
+
+DEPENDS += "python3-poetry-core-native"
+
+poetry_core_do_configure () {
+    :
+}
+
+# TODO: ideally this uses pypa/build
+poetry_core_do_compile () {
+    nativepython3 -c "from poetry.core.masonry import api; api.build_wheel('${PIP_INSTALL_DIST_PATH}')"
+}
+do_compile[cleandirs] += "${PIP_INSTALL_DIST_PATH}"
+
+EXPORT_FUNCTIONS do_configure do_compile