diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/license.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/license.bbclass
index f90176d..dc91118 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/license.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/license.bbclass
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
             f.write("%s: %s\n" % (key, info[key]))
 }
 
+PSEUDO_IGNORE_PATHS .= ",${@','.join(((d.getVar('COMMON_LICENSE_DIR') or '') + ' ' + (d.getVar('LICENSE_PATH') or '')).split())}"
 # it would be better to copy them in do_install_append, but find_license_filesa is python
 python perform_packagecopy_prepend () {
     enabled = oe.data.typed_value('LICENSE_CREATE_PACKAGE', d)