diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/targetcontrol.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/targetcontrol.py
index 866c414c1b..1464bf4047 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/targetcontrol.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/targetcontrol.py
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ class BaseTarget(object):
     def stop(self):
         pass
 
+    @classmethod
+    def get_extra_files(self):
+        return None
+
     @classmethod
     def get_image_fstype(self, d, image_fstypes=None):
         if not image_fstypes: