diff --git a/poky/meta/classes-recipe/scons.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes-recipe/scons.bbclass
index 5f0d4a9..d20a78d 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes-recipe/scons.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes-recipe/scons.bbclass
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@
 DEPENDS += "python3-scons-native"
 
 EXTRA_OESCONS ?= ""
-
+# This value below is derived from $(getconf ARG_MAX)
+SCONS_MAXLINELENGTH ?= "MAXLINELENGTH=2097152"
+EXTRA_OESCONS:append = " ${SCONS_MAXLINELENGTH}"
 do_configure() {
 	if [ -n "${CONFIGURESTAMPFILE}" -a "${S}" = "${B}" ]; then
 		if [ -e "${CONFIGURESTAMPFILE}" -a "`cat ${CONFIGURESTAMPFILE}`" != "${BB_TASKHASH}" -a "${CLEANBROKEN}" != "1" ]; then
@@ -31,4 +33,8 @@
 	die "scons install execution failed."
 }
 
+do_configure[vardepsexclude] = "SCONS_MAXLINELENGTH"
+do_compile[vardepsexclude] = "SCONS_MAXLINELENGTH"
+do_install[vardepsexclude] = "SCONS_MAXLINELENGTH"
+
 EXPORT_FUNCTIONS do_compile do_install