diff --git a/poky/scripts/lib/wic/partition.py b/poky/scripts/lib/wic/partition.py
index ebe250b..286c786 100644
--- a/poky/scripts/lib/wic/partition.py
+++ b/poky/scripts/lib/wic/partition.py
@@ -207,11 +207,21 @@
 
         p_prefix = os.environ.get("PSEUDO_PREFIX", "%s/usr" % native_sysroot)
         if (pseudo_dir):
+            # Canonicalize the ignore paths. This corresponds to
+            # calling oe.path.canonicalize(), which is used in bitbake.conf.
+            ignore_paths = [rootfs] + (get_bitbake_var("PSEUDO_IGNORE_PATHS") or "").split(",")
+            canonical_paths = []
+            for path in ignore_paths:
+                if "$" not in path:
+                    trailing_slash = path.endswith("/") and "/" or ""
+                    canonical_paths.append(os.path.realpath(path) + trailing_slash)
+            ignore_paths = ",".join(canonical_paths)
+
             pseudo = "export PSEUDO_PREFIX=%s;" % p_prefix
             pseudo += "export PSEUDO_LOCALSTATEDIR=%s;" % pseudo_dir
             pseudo += "export PSEUDO_PASSWD=%s;" % rootfs_dir
             pseudo += "export PSEUDO_NOSYMLINKEXP=1;"
-            pseudo += "export PSEUDO_IGNORE_PATHS=%s;" % (rootfs + "," + (get_bitbake_var("PSEUDO_IGNORE_PATHS") or ""))
+            pseudo += "export PSEUDO_IGNORE_PATHS=%s;" % ignore_paths
             pseudo += "%s " % get_bitbake_var("FAKEROOTCMD")
         else:
             pseudo = None