diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index 8e4f4bbb56..2dac3a1481 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -477,6 +477,9 @@ HOSTTOOLS_NONFATAL += "aws ccache gcc-ar gpg ld.bfd ld.gold nc sftp socat sudo"
 # Temporary add few more detected in bitbake world
 HOSTTOOLS_NONFATAL += "join nl size yes zcat"
 
+# Used by bzr fetcher
+HOSTTOOLS_NONFATAL += "bzr"
+
 CCACHE ??= ""
 # Disable ccache explicitly if CCACHE is null since gcc may be a symlink
 # of ccache some distributions (e.g., Fedora 17).