diff --git a/meta/classes/distrodata.bbclass b/meta/classes/distrodata.bbclass
index 1886805824..39d5508fc5 100644
--- a/meta/classes/distrodata.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/distrodata.bbclass
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+include conf/distro/include/package_regex.inc
 addhandler distro_eventhandler
 distro_eventhandler[eventmask] = "bb.event.BuildStarted"
 python distro_eventhandler() {