diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/jsoncpp/jsoncpp_1.9.2.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/jsoncpp/jsoncpp_1.9.2.bb
index a88410f2ff..8a5db3da3c 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/jsoncpp/jsoncpp_1.9.2.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/jsoncpp/jsoncpp_1.9.2.bb
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/open-source-parsers/jsoncpp"
 
 SECTION = "libs"
 
+PE = "1"
+
 LICENSE = "MIT"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=fa2a23dd1dc6c139f35105379d76df2b"