diff --git a/recipes-tweaks/gconf/gconf-sanity_3.2.3.bb b/recipes-tweaks/gconf/gconf-sanity_3.2.3.bb
index e85c062..f3bb549 100644
--- a/recipes-tweaks/gconf/gconf-sanity_3.2.3.bb
+++ b/recipes-tweaks/gconf/gconf-sanity_3.2.3.bb
@@ -31,5 +31,6 @@ do_install_append() {
 # disable dbus-x11 when x11 isn't in DISTRO_FEATURES
 RDEPENDS_${PN} += "gconf"
 
+ALLOW_EMPTY_${PN} = "1"
 FILES_${PN} += "${libexecdir}/*sanity* \
                "