diff --git a/meta-arm/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-bsp/images/firmware-deploy-image.bbappend b/meta-arm/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-bsp/images/firmware-deploy-image.bbappend
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+MACHINE_DEPLOY_FIRMWARE_REQUIRE ?= ""
+MACHINE_DEPLOY_FIRMWARE_REQUIRE:corstone1000 = "corstone1000-firmware-deploy-image.inc"
+
+require ${MACHINE_DEPLOY_FIRMWARE_REQUIRE}