diff --git a/meta/classes/license.bbclass b/meta/classes/license.bbclass
index d4ebb26..229f755 100644
--- a/meta/classes/license.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/license.bbclass
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ python do_populate_lic() {
 # it would be better to copy them in do_install_append, but find_license_filesa is python
 python perform_packagecopy_prepend () {
     enabled = d.getVar('LICENSE_CREATE_PACKAGE', True)
-    if d.getVar('CLASSOVERRIDE', True) == 'class-target' and enabled:
+    if d.getVar('CLASSOVERRIDE', True) == 'class-target' and enabled == "1":
         lic_files_paths = find_license_files(d)
 
         # LICENSE_FILES_DIRECTORY starts with '/' so os.path.join cannot be used to join D and LICENSE_FILES_DIRECTORY