diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils_8.31.bb b/meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils_8.31.bb
index bd7a8a2f35..7dd9e41def 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils_8.31.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils_8.31.bb
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ PACKAGECONFIG_class-target ??= "\
 # The lib/oe/path.py requires xattr
 PACKAGECONFIG_class-native ??= "xattr"
 
+# oe-core builds need xattr support
+PACKAGECONFIG_class-nativesdk ??= "xattr"
+
 # with, without, depends, rdepends
 #
 PACKAGECONFIG[acl] = "--enable-acl,--disable-acl,acl,"