diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/gzip/gzip_1.5.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/gzip/gzip_1.5.bb
index 7a811e2bc4..2c6917d234 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/gzip/gzip_1.5.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/gzip/gzip_1.5.bb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ require gzip.inc
 
 PR = "r0"
 
+PROVIDES_append_virtclass-native = " gzip-replacement-native"
 NATIVE_PACKAGE_PATH_SUFFIX = "/${PN}"
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"