diff --git a/meta/classes/update-rc.d.bbclass b/meta/classes/update-rc.d.bbclass
index cba44d688f..e72cf7835f 100644
--- a/meta/classes/update-rc.d.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/update-rc.d.bbclass
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ UPDATERCPN ?= "${PN}"
 DEPENDS_append = " update-rc.d-native"
 UPDATERCD = "update-rc.d"
 UPDATERCD_virtclass-native = ""
+UPDATERCD_virtclass-nativesdk = ""
+
 RDEPENDS_${UPDATERCPN}_append = " ${UPDATERCD}"
 
 INITSCRIPT_PARAMS ?= "defaults"