diff --git a/meta/classes/update-rc.d.bbclass b/meta/classes/update-rc.d.bbclass
index 9b832c0012..74053edb89 100644
--- a/meta/classes/update-rc.d.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/update-rc.d.bbclass
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 DEPENDS_append = " update-rc.d"
-RDEPENDS_append = " update-rc.d"
+RDEPENDS_${PN}_append = " update-rc.d"
 
 INITSCRIPT_PARAMS ?= "defaults"