diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-pycairo_1.10.0.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-pycairo_1.10.0.bb
index 5b59b6ccc1..70fe25c1a1 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-pycairo_1.10.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-pycairo_1.10.0.bb
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/py2cairo-${PV}"
 
 inherit distutils pkgconfig
 
+BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"
+
 do_configure() {
 	BUILD_SYS=${BUILD_SYS} HOST_SYS=${HOST_SYS} ./waf configure --prefix=${D}${prefix} --libdir=${D}${libdir}
 }