diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libcereal/libcereal_1.2.2.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libcereal/libcereal_1.2.2.bb
index e02b4c9607..365b40b17d 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libcereal/libcereal_1.2.2.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libcereal/libcereal_1.2.2.bb
@@ -15,4 +15,6 @@ inherit cmake
 
 EXTRA_OECMAKE = "-DJUST_INSTALL_CEREAL=ON"
 
+ALLOW_EMPTY_${PN} = "1"
+
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"