diff --git a/meta-digi-arm/conf/machine/include/ccimx8m.inc b/meta-digi-arm/conf/machine/include/ccimx8m.inc
index 21fddb861..53e41755d 100644
--- a/meta-digi-arm/conf/machine/include/ccimx8m.inc
+++ b/meta-digi-arm/conf/machine/include/ccimx8m.inc
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ UBOOT_SUFFIX = "bin"
 UBOOT_HAS_FASTBOOT = "true"
 
 # The bootloader image that gets flashed consists of U-Boot and several fw binaries
-EXTRA_IMAGEDEPENDS = "imx-boot"
+EXTRA_IMAGEDEPENDS += "imx-boot"
 BOOTLOADER_IMAGE_RECIPE = "imx-boot"
 BOOTABLE_FILENAME = "${UBOOT_PREFIX}-${MACHINE}.bin"
 SDIMG_BOOTLOADER = "${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${BOOTABLE_FILENAME}"
diff --git a/meta-digi-arm/conf/machine/include/ccimx8x.inc b/meta-digi-arm/conf/machine/include/ccimx8x.inc
index b116c959d..c585a5895 100644
--- a/meta-digi-arm/conf/machine/include/ccimx8x.inc
+++ b/meta-digi-arm/conf/machine/include/ccimx8x.inc
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ UBOOT_SUFFIX = "bin"
 UBOOT_HAS_FASTBOOT = "true"
 
 # The bootloader image that gets flashed consists of U-Boot and several fw binaries
-EXTRA_IMAGEDEPENDS = "imx-boot"
+EXTRA_IMAGEDEPENDS += "imx-boot"
 BOOTLOADER_IMAGE_RECIPE = "imx-boot"
 # BOOTLOADER_SEEK_USERDATA is 33 for step A of the silicon and 32 for step B
 BOOTLOADER_SEEK_USERDATA = "32"
diff --git a/meta-digi-arm/conf/machine/include/imx-digi-base.inc b/meta-digi-arm/conf/machine/include/imx-digi-base.inc
index 62f2d3e9c..fcff31453 100644
--- a/meta-digi-arm/conf/machine/include/imx-digi-base.inc
+++ b/meta-digi-arm/conf/machine/include/imx-digi-base.inc
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ PREFERRED_VERSION_optee-test:mx8-nxp-bsp   ??= "3.17.0.imx"
 #Use i.MX opencv Version for mx8
 PREFERRED_VERSION_opencv:mx8-nxp-bsp ??= "4.6.0.imx"
 
-EXTRA_IMAGEDEPENDS = "u-boot"
+EXTRA_IMAGEDEPENDS += "u-boot"
 
 KERNEL_IMAGETYPE ?= "zImage"