diff --git a/meta-evb/meta-evb-nuvoton/meta-evb-npcm845/conf/layer.conf b/meta-evb/meta-evb-nuvoton/meta-evb-npcm845/conf/layer.conf
index d4d32d9..784b5ec 100644
--- a/meta-evb/meta-evb-nuvoton/meta-evb-npcm845/conf/layer.conf
+++ b/meta-evb/meta-evb-nuvoton/meta-evb-npcm845/conf/layer.conf
@@ -7,4 +7,6 @@
 
 BBFILE_COLLECTIONS += "evb-npcm845"
 BBFILE_PATTERN_evb-npcm845 = "^${LAYERDIR}/"
+
 LAYERSERIES_COMPAT_evb-npcm845 = "nanbield scarthgap"
+BBFILE_PATTERN_IGNORE_EMPTY_evb-npcm845 = "1"