diff --git a/meta-openpower/recipes-bsp/skiboot/skiboot.inc b/meta-openpower/recipes-bsp/skiboot/skiboot.inc
index ab455b0..51d089e 100644
--- a/meta-openpower/recipes-bsp/skiboot/skiboot.inc
+++ b/meta-openpower/recipes-bsp/skiboot/skiboot.inc
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 SRC_URI += "git://github.com/open-power/skiboot.git"
 SRC_URI += "file://0001-libffs-fix-gcc8-stringop-truncation-warnings.patch"
 
-FILESEXTRAPATHS_append := "${THISDIR}/skiboot:"
+FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/skiboot:"
 
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${S}/LICENCE;md5=3b83ef96387f14655fc854ddc3c6bd57"