diff --git a/meta/classes/populate_sdk_ext.bbclass b/meta/classes/populate_sdk_ext.bbclass
index 62f2c3e48a..720142f822 100644
--- a/meta/classes/populate_sdk_ext.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/populate_sdk_ext.bbclass
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ SDK_EXT_task-populate-sdk-ext = "-ext"
 
 # Options are full or minimal
 SDK_EXT_TYPE ?= "full"
+SDK_INCLUDE_PKGDATA ?= "0"
 
 SDK_RECRDEP_TASKS ?= ""