diff --git a/meta-yocto/conf/bblayers.conf.sample b/meta-yocto/conf/bblayers.conf.sample
index 7897750320..edbccf02ce 100644
--- a/meta-yocto/conf/bblayers.conf.sample
+++ b/meta-yocto/conf/bblayers.conf.sample
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 # LAYER_CONF_VERSION is increased each time build/conf/bblayers.conf
 # changes incompatibly
-LCONF_VERSION = "4"
+LCONF_VERSION = "5"
 
+BBPATH = "${TOPDIR}"
 BBFILES ?= ""
+
 BBLAYERS ?= " \
   ##COREBASE##/meta \
   ##COREBASE##/meta-yocto \