diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/externalsrc.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/externalsrc.bbclass
index b2f216f..90792a7 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/externalsrc.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/externalsrc.bbclass
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
             url_data = fetch.ud[url]
             parm = url_data.parm
             if (url_data.type == 'file' or
-                    url_data.type == 'npmsw' or
+                    url_data.type == 'npmsw' or url_data.type == 'crate' or
                     'type' in parm and parm['type'] == 'kmeta'):
                 local_srcuri.append(url)