diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/cpp-netlib/cpp-netlib_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/cpp-netlib/cpp-netlib_git.bb
index 3cf166bd4a..8b50cb0654 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/cpp-netlib/cpp-netlib_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/cpp-netlib/cpp-netlib_git.bb
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ do_install:append() {
     sed -i -e 's|${RECIPE_SYSROOT}||g' ${D}${libdir}/cmake/cppnetlib/cppnetlibTargets-noconfig.cmake
 }
 
-SKIP_RECIPE[cpp-netlib] = "Does not work with boost >= 1.87"
+SKIP_RECIPE[cpp-netlib] ?= "Does not work with boost >= 1.87"