diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/jsoncpp/jsoncpp_1.8.4.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/jsoncpp/jsoncpp_1.8.4.bb
index 88e3320324..97fc6c73b2 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/jsoncpp/jsoncpp_1.8.4.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/jsoncpp/jsoncpp_1.8.4.bb
@@ -19,3 +19,5 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 inherit cmake
 
 EXTRA_OECMAKE += "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DJSONCPP_WITH_TESTS=OFF"
+
+BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"