diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/ruby/ruby.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/ruby/ruby.inc
index 7cb2181c33..35d3bfd344 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/ruby/ruby.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/ruby/ruby.inc
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=5b8c87559868796979806100db3f3805 \
                     "
 
 DEPENDS = "zlib openssl libyaml gdbm readline libffi"
-DEPENDS:class-target:append = " ruby-native"
+DEPENDS:append:class-target = " ruby-native"
 
 SHRT_VER = "${@oe.utils.trim_version("${PV}", 2)}"
 SRC_URI = "http://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/${SHRT_VER}/ruby-${PV}.tar.gz \