diff --git a/meta/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-mkimage_2016.09.01.bb b/meta/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-mkimage_2016.09.01.bb
index 5025961f91..66edae812f 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-mkimage_2016.09.01.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-mkimage_2016.09.01.bb
@@ -3,10 +3,18 @@ require u-boot-common_${PV}.inc
 SUMMARY = "U-Boot bootloader image creation tool"
 DEPENDS = "openssl"
 
-EXTRA_OEMAKE = 'CROSS_COMPILE="${TARGET_PREFIX}" CC="${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS}" STRIP=true V=1'
+EXTRA_OEMAKE_class-target = 'CROSS_COMPILE="${TARGET_PREFIX}" CC="${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS}" STRIP=true V=1'
+EXTRA_OEMAKE_class-native = 'CC="${BUILD_CC} ${BUILD_CFLAGS} ${BUILD_LDFLAGS}" HOSTCC="${BUILD_CC} ${BUILD_CFLAGS} ${BUILD_LDFLAGS}" STRIP=true V=1'
+EXTRA_OEMAKE_class-nativesdk = 'CC="${BUILD_CC} ${BUILD_CFLAGS} ${BUILD_LDFLAGS}" HOSTCC="${BUILD_CC} ${BUILD_CFLAGS} ${BUILD_LDFLAGS}" STRIP=true V=1'
 
 do_compile () {
 	oe_runmake sandbox_defconfig
+
+	# Disable CONFIG_CMD_LICENSE, license.h is not used by tools and
+	# generating it requires bin2header tool, which for target build
+	# is built with target tools and thus cannot be executed on host.
+	sed -i "s/CONFIG_CMD_LICENSE.*/# CONFIG_CMD_LICENSE is not set/" .config
+
 	oe_runmake cross_tools NO_SDL=1
 }