diff --git a/meta-ibm/conf/local.conf.sample b/meta-ibm/conf/local.conf.sample
index 172631b..d68ee13 100644
--- a/meta-ibm/conf/local.conf.sample
+++ b/meta-ibm/conf/local.conf.sample
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #MACHINE ?= "swift"
 MACHINE ??= "witherspoon"
 DISTRO ?= "openbmc-openpower"
-PACKAGE_CLASSES ?= "package_rpm"
+PACKAGE_CLASSES ?= "package_ipk"
 SANITY_TESTED_DISTROS:append ?= " *"
 EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES ?= "debug-tweaks"
 USER_CLASSES ?= "buildstats"