diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/base.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/base.bbclass
index a65fcc6..5f4956a 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/base.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/base.bbclass
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@
 do_fetch[file-checksums] = "${@bb.fetch.get_checksum_file_list(d)}"
 do_fetch[file-checksums] += " ${@get_lic_checksum_file_list(d)}"
 do_fetch[vardeps] += "SRCREV"
+do_fetch[network] = "1"
 python base_do_fetch() {
 
     src_uri = (d.getVar('SRC_URI') or "").split()
@@ -665,6 +666,10 @@
         elif uri.scheme == "npm":
             d.appendVarFlag('do_fetch', 'depends', ' nodejs-native:do_populate_sysroot')
 
+        elif uri.scheme == "repo":
+            needsrcrev = True
+            d.appendVarFlag('do_fetch', 'depends', ' repo-native:do_populate_sysroot')
+
         # *.lz4 should DEPEND on lz4-native for unpacking
         if path.endswith('.lz4'):
             d.appendVarFlag('do_unpack', 'depends', ' lz4-native:do_populate_sysroot')