diff --git a/meta/classes/toolchain-scripts.bbclass b/meta/classes/toolchain-scripts.bbclass
index 6d8623c..d336397 100644
--- a/meta/classes/toolchain-scripts.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/toolchain-scripts.bbclass
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ toolchain_create_sdk_env_script () {
 	echo 'export OECORE_ACLOCAL_OPTS="-I ${SDKPATHNATIVE}/usr/share/aclocal"' >> $script
 	echo 'export OECORE_DISTRO_VERSION="${DISTRO_VERSION}"' >> $script
 	echo 'export OECORE_SDK_VERSION="${SDK_VERSION}"' >> $script
+	echo 'export PYTHONHOME=${SDKPATHNATIVE}${prefix_nativesdk}' >> $script
 }
 
 # This function creates an environment-setup-script in the TMPDIR which enables
@@ -132,6 +133,7 @@ toolchain_create_sdk_env_script_for_installer () {
         echo 'export OECORE_ACLOCAL_OPTS="-I ${SDKPATHNATIVE}/usr/share/aclocal"' >> $script
 	echo 'export OECORE_DISTRO_VERSION="${DISTRO_VERSION}"' >> $script
 	echo 'export OECORE_SDK_VERSION="${SDK_VERSION}"' >> $script
+	echo 'export PYTHONHOME=${SDKPATHNATIVE}${prefix_nativesdk}' >> $script
 }
 
 #we get the cached site config in the runtime