diff --git a/import-layers/yocto-poky/meta/recipes-devtools/rpm/files/0001-Do-not-add-an-unsatisfiable-dependency-when-building.patch b/import-layers/yocto-poky/meta/recipes-devtools/rpm/files/0001-Do-not-add-an-unsatisfiable-dependency-when-building.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80e2f0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/import-layers/yocto-poky/meta/recipes-devtools/rpm/files/0001-Do-not-add-an-unsatisfiable-dependency-when-building.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+From 87cfc0db1ed6fe381a5ed5f0016d8c3344a31a11 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Alexander Kanavin <alex.kanavin@gmail.com>
+Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2017 18:52:11 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Do not add an unsatisfiable dependency when building rpms in
+ a short-circuited way.
+
+Upstream permits short-circuiting only for local testing; Yocto on the other
+hand produces rpms that way by design.
+
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [oe-core specific]
+Signed-off-by: Alexander Kanavin <alex.kanavin@gmail.com>
+---
+ build/pack.c | 4 ----
+ 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/build/pack.c b/build/pack.c
+index 1261cdbba..bb2d6f4f6 100644
+--- a/build/pack.c
++++ b/build/pack.c
+@@ -595,10 +595,6 @@ rpmRC packageBinaries(rpmSpec spec, const char *cookie, int cheating)
+ 	    headerPutBin(pkg->header, RPMTAG_SOURCEPKGID, spec->sourcePkgId,16);
+ 	}
+ 
+-	if (cheating) {
+-	    (void) rpmlibNeedsFeature(pkg, "ShortCircuited", "4.9.0-1");
+-	}
+-	
+ 	{   char *binFormat = rpmGetPath("%{_rpmfilename}", NULL);
+ 	    char *binRpm, *binDir;
+ 	    binRpm = headerFormat(pkg->header, binFormat, &errorString);
+-- 
+2.11.0
+