diff --git a/meta/classes/allarch.bbclass b/meta/classes/allarch.bbclass
index 26fca70..e3ac392 100644
--- a/meta/classes/allarch.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/allarch.bbclass
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # This class is used for architecture independent recipes/data files (usally scripts)
 #
 
+BASE_PACKAGE_ARCH = "all"
 PACKAGE_ARCH = "all"
 
 # No need for virtual/libc or a cross compiler