diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/cpio/cpio_2.15.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/cpio/cpio_2.15.bb
index b081bd53db..77fb019af9 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/cpio/cpio_2.15.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/cpio/cpio_2.15.bb
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ do_install_ptest_base:append() {
 }
 
 # The tests need to run as a non-root user, so pull in the ptest user
-DEPENDS:append:class-target = "${@bb.utils.contains('PTEST_ENABLED', '1', ' ptest-runner', '', d)}"
-PACKAGE_WRITE_DEPS += "ptest-runner"
+DEPENDS:append:class-target = " ${@bb.utils.contains('PTEST_ENABLED', '1', 'ptest-runner', '', d)}"
+PACKAGE_WRITE_DEPS:append:class-target = " ${@bb.utils.contains('PTEST_ENABLED', '1', 'ptest-runner', '', d)}"
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += "ptest-runner"