diff --git a/poky/scripts/oe-pkgdata-util b/poky/scripts/oe-pkgdata-util
index 7412cc1..44ae405 100755
--- a/poky/scripts/oe-pkgdata-util
+++ b/poky/scripts/oe-pkgdata-util
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@
             extra = ''
             for line in f:
                 for var in vars:
-                    m = re.match(var + '(?::\S+)?:\s*(.+?)\s*$', line)
+                    m = re.match(var + r'(?::\S+)?:\s*(.+?)\s*$', line)
                     if m:
                         vals[var] = m.group(1)
             pkg_version = vals['PKGV'] or ''