diff --git a/meta/packages/xorg-proto/xorg-proto-common.inc b/meta/packages/xorg-proto/xorg-proto-common.inc
index 248bbc7e11..c496953286 100644
--- a/meta/packages/xorg-proto/xorg-proto-common.inc
+++ b/meta/packages/xorg-proto/xorg-proto-common.inc
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/${XORG_PN}-${PV}"
 
 inherit autotools pkgconfig
 
+# ${PN} is empty so we need to tweak -dev and -dbg package dependencies
+RDEPENDS_${PN}-dev = ""
+RRECOMMENDS_${PN}-dbg = "${PN}-dev (= ${PE}:${PV}-${PR})"
+
 do_stage() {
         autotools_stage_all
 }