diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/base.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/base.bbclass
index 90af8ba..0c8a4b2 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/base.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/base.bbclass
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 OE_IMPORTS += "os sys time oe.path oe.utils oe.types oe.package oe.packagegroup oe.sstatesig oe.lsb oe.cachedpath oe.license ${OE_EXTRA_IMPORTS}"
 OE_IMPORTS[type] = "list"
 
+PACKAGECONFIG_CONFARGS ??= ""
+
 def oe_import(d):
     import sys