diff --git a/meta-ibm/meta-romulus/conf/local.conf.sample b/meta-ibm/meta-romulus/conf/local.conf.sample
index e600aca..1353057 100644
--- a/meta-ibm/meta-romulus/conf/local.conf.sample
+++ b/meta-ibm/meta-romulus/conf/local.conf.sample
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 #  - 'package_rpm' for rpm style packages
 # E.g.: PACKAGE_CLASSES ?= "package_rpm package_deb package_ipk"
 # We default to rpm:
-PACKAGE_CLASSES ?= "package_rpm"
+PACKAGE_CLASSES ?= "package_ipk"
 
 #
 # SDK target architecture