diff --git a/meta/classes/cmake.bbclass b/meta/classes/cmake.bbclass
index b972bd0037..019999165f 100644
--- a/meta/classes/cmake.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/cmake.bbclass
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ DEPENDS += " cmake-native "
 # We want the staging and installing functions from autotools
 inherit autotools
 
+EXTRA_OECMAKE ?= ""
+
 cmake_do_configure() {
      cmake . -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=${prefix} -Wno-dev \
      -DCMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH=${STAGING_DIR_HOST} ${EXTRA_OECMAKE}