diff --git a/poky/meta/classes-recipe/rootfs_ipk.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes-recipe/rootfs_ipk.bbclass
index a48ad07..87fff53 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes-recipe/rootfs_ipk.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes-recipe/rootfs_ipk.bbclass
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 OPKGLIBDIR ??= "${localstatedir}/lib"
 
-MULTILIBRE_ALLOW_REP = "${OPKGLIBDIR}/opkg|/usr/lib/opkg"
+MULTILIBRE_ALLOW_REP += "${OPKGLIBDIR}/opkg /usr/lib/opkg"
 
 python () {