diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/lcov/lcov_1.14.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/lcov/lcov_1.14.bb
index 484b1af5f2..14718184bd 100755
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/lcov/lcov_1.14.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/lcov/lcov_1.14.bb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=751419260aa954499f7abaabaa882bbe"
 
 RDEPENDS_${PN} += " \
     gcov \
+    gcov-symlinks \
     libjson-perl \
     libperlio-gzip-perl \
     perl \
@@ -58,3 +59,4 @@ do_install() {
     oe_runmake install PREFIX=${D}${prefix} CFG_DIR=${D}${sysconfdir}
 }
 
+BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"