diff --git a/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf b/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf
index 27cbfe6323..fb4bf41e0d 100644
--- a/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf
+++ b/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ TCLIBCAPPEND = ""
 
 # Disable wide char support for ncurses as we don't include it in
 # in the LIBC features below.
-ENABLE_WIDEC="false"
+# Leave native enable to avoid build failures
+ENABLE_WIDEC = "false"
+ENABLE_WIDEC_class-native = "true"
 
 # Drop native language support. This removes the
 # eglibc->bash->gettext->libc-posix-clang-wchar dependency.