diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
index f6710fc..554e401 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
@@ -1018,6 +1018,7 @@
         bb.parse.siggen.checkhashes(sq_data, missed, found, d)
 
     return found
+setscene_depvalid[vardepsexclude] = "SSTATE_EXCLUDEDEPS_SYSROOT"
 
 BB_SETSCENE_DEPVALID = "setscene_depvalid"