diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/metadata_scm.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/metadata_scm.bbclass
index 58bb4c5..2608a7e 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/metadata_scm.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/metadata_scm.bbclass
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 METADATA_BRANCH ?= "${@base_detect_branch(d)}"
+METADATA_BRANCH[vardepvalue] = "${METADATA_BRANCH}"
 METADATA_REVISION ?= "${@base_detect_revision(d)}"
+METADATA_REVISION[vardepvalue] = "${METADATA_REVISION}"
 
 def base_detect_revision(d):
     path = base_get_scmbasepath(d)