diff --git a/poky/meta/classes-recipe/gnomebase.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes-recipe/gnomebase.bbclass
index 5e72f54..a12e9f3 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes-recipe/gnomebase.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes-recipe/gnomebase.bbclass
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 FILES:${PN}-doc += "${datadir}/devhelp"
 
-GNOMEBASEBUILDCLASS ??= "autotools"
+GNOMEBASEBUILDCLASS ??= "meson"
 inherit ${GNOMEBASEBUILDCLASS} pkgconfig
 
 do_install:append() {