diff --git a/meta/classes/populate_sdk_ext.bbclass b/meta/classes/populate_sdk_ext.bbclass
index aa00d5397c..b24f8d99d5 100644
--- a/meta/classes/populate_sdk_ext.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/populate_sdk_ext.bbclass
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ python write_host_sdk_ext_manifest () {
                 f.write("%s %s %s\n" % (info[1], info[2], info[3]))
 }
 
-SDK_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND_append_task-populate-sdk-ext = "write_target_sdk_ext_manifest; write_host_sdk_ext_manifest; "    
+SDK_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND_append_task-populate-sdk-ext = " write_target_sdk_ext_manifest; write_host_sdk_ext_manifest; "    
 
 SDK_TITLE_task-populate-sdk-ext = "${@d.getVar('DISTRO_NAME') or d.getVar('DISTRO')} Extensible SDK"