diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/ruby/ruby.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/ruby/ruby.inc
index bfabe64e7d..a9f4240932 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/ruby/ruby.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/ruby/ruby.inc
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "\
 "
 
 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 \