diff --git a/meta/classes/base.bbclass b/meta/classes/base.bbclass
index a26ac94..8fd5e53 100644
--- a/meta/classes/base.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/base.bbclass
@@ -460,6 +460,16 @@ python () {
             path = bb.data.expand(os.path.join("${FILE_DIRNAME}", p, "${MACHINE}"), d)
             if os.path.isdir(path):
                 paths.append(path)
+
+        # FILE is relative to the original recipe, for any bbappends in
+        # layers we need to look a little further
+        expaths = d.getVar('FILESEXTRAPATHS', True) or ""
+        for path in expaths.split(":"):
+            if len(path):
+                p = bb.data.expand(os.path.join(path, "${MACHINE}"), d)
+                if os.path.isdir(p):
+	            paths.append(p)
+
         if len(paths) != 0:
             for s in srcuri.split():
                 if not s.startswith("file://"):