diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-dateutil.inc b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-dateutil.inc
index e230f15dd..8cc2373cd 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-dateutil.inc
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-dateutil.inc
@@ -21,3 +21,5 @@ RDEPENDS_${PN}_class-target = "\
     ${PYTHON_PN}-six \
     ${PYTHON_PN}-stringold \
 "
+
+BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"