diff --git a/meta/packages/gettext/gettext_0.17.bb b/meta/packages/gettext/gettext_0.17.bb
index fccc086e16..d4754c516a 100644
--- a/meta/packages/gettext/gettext_0.17.bb
+++ b/meta/packages/gettext/gettext_0.17.bb
@@ -51,4 +51,4 @@ PACKAGES =+ "libgettextlib libgettextsrc"
 FILES_libgettextlib = "${libdir}/libgettextlib-*.so*"
 FILES_libgettextsrc = "${libdir}/libgettextsrc-*.so*"
 
-BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"
+BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"