diff --git a/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky.conf b/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky.conf
index 80d4e471b3..86f9bf6489 100644
--- a/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky.conf
+++ b/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky.conf
@@ -24,8 +24,12 @@ SDKPATH = "/opt/${DISTRO}/${SDK_VERSION}"
 
 EXTRAOPKGCONFIG = "poky-feed-config-opkg"
 
-DISTRO_EXTRA_RDEPENDS += "task-core-boot"
-DISTRO_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS += "kernel-module-af-packet"
+# Override these in poky based distros to modify DISTRO_EXTRA_R*
+POKY_DEFAULT_EXTRA_RDEPENDS = "task-core-boot"
+POKY_DEFAULT_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS = "kernel-module-af-packet"
+
+DISTRO_EXTRA_RDEPENDS += " ${POKY_DEFAULT_EXTRA_RDEPENDS}"
+DISTRO_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS += " ${POKY_DEFAULT_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS}"
 
 POKYQEMUDEPS = "${@base_contains("INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE", "GPLv3", "", "qemu-config",d)}"
 DISTRO_EXTRA_RDEPENDS_append_qemuarm = " ${POKYQEMUDEPS}"