diff --git a/meta/classes/image.bbclass b/meta/classes/image.bbclass
index 25e00f5daf..5c9dc62861 100644
--- a/meta/classes/image.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/image.bbclass
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 inherit rootfs_${IMAGE_PKGTYPE}
 
-# Only Linux SDKs support populate_sdk_ext, fall back to populate_sdk
+# Only Linux SDKs support populate_sdk_ext, fall back to populate_sdk_base
 # in the non-Linux SDK_OS case, such as mingw32
-SDKEXTCLASS ?= "${@['populate_sdk', 'populate_sdk_ext']['linux' in d.getVar("SDK_OS")]}"
+SDKEXTCLASS ?= "${@['populate_sdk_base', 'populate_sdk_ext']['linux' in d.getVar("SDK_OS")]}"
 inherit ${SDKEXTCLASS}
 
 TOOLCHAIN_TARGET_TASK += "${PACKAGE_INSTALL}"