diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-native.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-native.inc
index d9acc613f9..891dc5e2a1 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-native.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-native.inc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require qemu.inc
 
-inherit native
+inherit_defer native
 
 EXTRA_OEMAKE:append = " LD='${LD}' AR='${AR}' OBJCOPY='${OBJCOPY}' LDFLAGS='${LDFLAGS}'"