diff --git a/conf/distro/include/angstrom-core-tweaks.inc b/conf/distro/include/angstrom-core-tweaks.inc
index 5d02497..cbc9305 100644
--- a/conf/distro/include/angstrom-core-tweaks.inc
+++ b/conf/distro/include/angstrom-core-tweaks.inc
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 # Empty commercial license, we want to build a superset for the default config
 COMMERCIAL_LICENSE = ""
 
+# Preset set this or bbappends break
+PRINC ??= "0"
+
 # Shared state fixups
 MACHINEOVERRIDES[vardepsexclude] += "SOC_FAMILY"