diff --git a/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass b/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
index c9b84c8d6c..25cea26ce2 100644
--- a/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ SSTATE_PKGSPEC    = "sstate-${PN}-${PACKAGE_ARCH}${TARGET_VENDOR}-${TARGET_OS}-$
 SSTATE_PKGNAME    = "${SSTATE_PKGSPEC}${BB_TASKHASH}"
 SSTATE_PKG        = "${SSTATE_DIR}/${SSTATE_PKGNAME}"
 
-SSTATE_SCAN_CMD ?= "find ${SSTATE_BUILDDIR} \( -name "*.la" -o -name "*-config" \) -type f"
+SSTATE_SCAN_FILES ?= "*.la *-config"
+SSTATE_SCAN_CMD ?= 'find ${SSTATE_BUILDDIR} \( -name "${@"\" -o -name \"".join(d.getVar("SSTATE_SCAN_FILES", True).split())}" \) -type f'
 
 BB_HASHFILENAME = "${SSTATE_PKGNAME}"