diff --git a/meta/classes/multilib.bbclass b/meta/classes/multilib.bbclass
index 9f726e4537..e577d16cc8 100644
--- a/meta/classes/multilib.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/multilib.bbclass
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ python multilib_virtclass_handler () {
         e.data.setVar("STAGING_DIR_TARGET", "${WORKDIR}/recipe-sysroot")
         e.data.setVar("STAGING_DIR_HOST", "${WORKDIR}/recipe-sysroot")
         e.data.setVar("MLPREFIX", variant + "-")
-        override = ":virtclass-multilib-" + variant
+        override = ":virtclass-multilib-" + variant + ":forcevariable"
         e.data.setVar("OVERRIDES", e.data.getVar("OVERRIDES", False) + override)
         return