diff --git a/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf b/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf
index 6aee35ceb8..bce2a829c4 100644
--- a/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf
+++ b/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
 require conf/distro/poky.conf
 DISTRO = "poky-tiny"
+DISTROOVERRIDES = "poky:poky-tiny"
 TCLIBC = "musl"
 # FIXME: consider adding a new "tiny" feature
 #DISTRO_FEATURES_append = " tiny"