diff --git a/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/append.py b/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/append.py
index 9dbb1cc..4b6a711 100644
--- a/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/append.py
+++ b/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/append.py
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@
                 if st.st_mode & stat.S_IXUSR:
                     perms = '0755'
             install = {args.newfile: (args.targetpath, perms)}
-        oe.recipeutils.bbappend_recipe(rd, args.destlayer, {args.newfile: sourcepath}, install, wildcardver=args.wildcard_version, machine=args.machine)
+        oe.recipeutils.bbappend_recipe(rd, args.destlayer, {args.newfile: {'path' : sourcepath}}, install, wildcardver=args.wildcard_version, machine=args.machine)
         tinfoil.modified_files()
         return 0
     else:
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@
                 logger.warning('{0!r} is already in SRC_URI, not adding'.format(source_uri))
         else:
             extralines.append('SRC_URI += {0}'.format(source_uri))
-        copyfiles[newfile] = srcfile
+        copyfiles[newfile] = {'path' : srcfile}
 
     oe.recipeutils.bbappend_recipe(rd, args.destlayer, copyfiles, None, wildcardver=args.wildcard_version, machine=args.machine, extralines=extralines)
     tinfoil.modified_files()