diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/defaultsetup.conf b/meta/conf/distro/defaultsetup.conf
index e6369dcec4..80de23f517 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/defaultsetup.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/defaultsetup.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 include conf/distro/include/default-providers.inc
 include conf/distro/include/default-versions.inc
 include conf/distro/include/default-distrovars.inc
-include conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc
+include_all conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc
 include conf/distro/include/time64.inc
 require conf/distro/include/tcmode-${TCMODE}.inc
 require conf/distro/include/tclibc-${TCLIBC}.inc