diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/populate_sdk_base.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/populate_sdk_base.bbclass
index 64a4a58bef..70b3f1974e 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/populate_sdk_base.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/populate_sdk_base.bbclass
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ fakeroot python do_populate_sdk() {
 }
 SSTATETASKS += "do_populate_sdk"
 SSTATE_SKIP_CREATION:task-populate-sdk = '1'
-do_populate_sdk[cleandirs] = "${SDKDEPLOYDIR}"
+do_populate_sdk[cleandirs] += "${SDKDEPLOYDIR}"
 do_populate_sdk[sstate-inputdirs] = "${SDKDEPLOYDIR}"
 do_populate_sdk[sstate-outputdirs] = "${SDK_DEPLOY}"
 do_populate_sdk[stamp-extra-info] = "${MACHINE_ARCH}${SDKMACHINE}"