diff --git a/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_%.bbappend b/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_%.bbappend
index f676568..f1dfa90 100644
--- a/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_%.bbappend
+++ b/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_%.bbappend
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:"
+DIRFILES = "1"
 
 SRC_URI_append_pitximx8mp2g = " \
         file://embedian-hdmi-audio.conf \