diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/nodejs/nodejs_0.8.18.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/nodejs/nodejs_0.8.18.bb
index 3ab2ed68ec..2db9e6814b 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/nodejs/nodejs_0.8.18.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/nodejs/nodejs_0.8.18.bb
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ do_install () {
 }
 
 RDEPENDS_${PN} = "curl python-shell python-datetime python-subprocess python-crypt python-textutils python-netclient "
+RDEPENDS_${PN}_class-native = ""
 
 FILES_${PN} += "${libdir}/node/wafadmin ${libdir}/node_modules ${libdir}/dtrace"
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"