diff --git a/meta/classes/populate_sdk_rpm.bbclass b/meta/classes/populate_sdk_rpm.bbclass
index b4b27ba50f..1c5404927f 100644
--- a/meta/classes/populate_sdk_rpm.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/populate_sdk_rpm.bbclass
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 do_populate_sdk[depends] += "rpm-native:do_populate_sysroot"
 do_populate_sdk[depends] += "rpmresolve-native:do_populate_sysroot"
+do_populate_sdk[depends] += "createrepo-native:do_populate_sysroot"
 do_populate_sdk[recrdeptask] += "do_package_write_rpm"
 
 rpmlibdir = "/var/lib/rpm"