diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass
index c008559..79cb36c 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@
         bb.utils.unlockfile(lf)
 
 # Have to list any variables referenced as X_<pkg> that aren't in pkgdata here
-IPKEXTRAVARS = "PRIORITY MAINTAINER PACKAGE_ARCH HOMEPAGE"
+IPKEXTRAVARS = "PRIORITY MAINTAINER PACKAGE_ARCH HOMEPAGE PACKAGE_ADD_METADATA_IPK"
 ipk_write_pkg[vardeps] += "${@gen_packagevar(d, 'IPKEXTRAVARS')}"
 
 # Otherwise allarch packages may change depending on override configuration