diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/classextend.py b/meta/lib/oe/classextend.py
index d2eeaf0e5c..bbc713f2b0 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/classextend.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/classextend.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class ClassExtender(object):
         return newdata

     def map_depends(self, dep):
-        if dep.endswith(("-native", "-native-runtime")) or ('nativesdk-' in dep) or ('cross-canadian' in dep) or ('-crosssdk-' in dep):
+        if dep.endswith(("-native", "-native-runtime")) or ('nativesdk-' in dep) or ('cross-canadian' in dep) or ('-crosssdk-' in dep) or dep.startswith('/'):
             return dep
         else:
             # Do not extend for that already have multilib prefix