diff --git a/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass b/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
index 61dca62631..b373b21714 100644
--- a/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
@@ -311,3 +311,6 @@ DEPLOYABLE_IMAGE_TYPES ?= "hddimg iso"
 # The IMAGE_TYPES_MASKED variable will be used to mask out from the IMAGE_FSTYPES,
 # images that will not be built at do_rootfs time: vmdk, vdi, qcow2, hdddirect, hddimg, iso, etc.
 IMAGE_TYPES_MASKED ?= ""
+
+# bmap requires python3 to be in the PATH
+EXTRANATIVEPATH += "${@'python3-native' if d.getVar('IMAGE_FSTYPES').find('.bmap') else ''}"