diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/gettext/gettext_0.16.1.bb b/meta/recipes-core/gettext/gettext_0.16.1.bb
index fa8a2138f9..00045d5560 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/gettext/gettext_0.16.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/gettext/gettext_0.16.1.bb
@@ -93,3 +93,5 @@ FILES_gettext-runtime-doc = "${mandir}/man1/gettext.* \
 do_install_append() {
 	rm -f ${D}${libdir}/preloadable_libintl.so
 }
+
+BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"