diff --git a/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky.conf b/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky.conf
index a3ba6e3511..2a5ffb6172 100644
--- a/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky.conf
+++ b/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky.conf
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@ EXTRAOPKGCONFIG = "poky-feed-config-opkg"
 DISTRO_EXTRA_RDEPENDS += "task-core-boot"
 DISTRO_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS += "kernel-module-af-packet"
 
+POKYQEMUDEPS = "qemu-config"
+DISTRO_EXTRA_RDEPENDS_append_qemuarm = " ${POKYQEMUDEPS}"
+DISTRO_EXTRA_RDEPENDS_append_qemumips = " ${POKYQEMUDEPS}"
+DISTRO_EXTRA_RDEPENDS_append_qemuppc = " ${POKYQEMUDEPS}"
+DISTRO_EXTRA_RDEPENDS_append_qemux86 = " ${POKYQEMUDEPS}"
+DISTRO_EXTRA_RDEPENDS_append_qemux86-64 = " ${POKYQEMUDEPS}"
+
 TCLIBCAPPEND = ""
 
 QEMU_TARGETS ?= "arm i386 mips mipsel ppc x86_64"