diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/pseudo/pseudo.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/pseudo/pseudo.inc
index 7e09b6d58c..9c191560fb 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/pseudo/pseudo.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/pseudo/pseudo.inc
@@ -156,3 +156,10 @@ do_install:append:class-nativesdk () {
 }
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
+
+# Setscene tasks which run under fakeroot must not be executed before
+# pseudo-native and *all* its runtime dependencies are available in the
+# sysroot.
+PSEUDO_SETSCENE_DEPS = ""
+PSEUDO_SETSCENE_DEPS:class-native = "sqlite3-native:do_populate_sysroot"
+do_populate_sysroot_setscene[depends] += "${PSEUDO_SETSCENE_DEPS}"