diff --git a/conf/layer.conf b/conf/layer.conf
index 51c4706..db4f407 100644
--- a/conf/layer.conf
+++ b/conf/layer.conf
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ BBFILE_COLLECTIONS += "sourcery"
 BBFILE_PRIORITY_sourcery = "10"
 BBFILE_PATTERN_sourcery = "^${LAYERDIR}/"
 
+LAYERDEPENDS_sourcery = "core"
+
 # Let us add layer-specific bbappends which are only applied when that
 # layer is included in our configuration
 BBFILES += "${@' '.join('${LAYERDIR}/%s/recipes*/*/*.bbappend' % layer \