diff --git a/meta-digi-arm/recipes-bsp/firmware-mxs/firmware-mxs_unknown.bb b/meta-digi-arm/recipes-bsp/firmware-mxs/firmware-mxs_unknown.bb
index 90078f530..d9428ef4a 100644
--- a/meta-digi-arm/recipes-bsp/firmware-mxs/firmware-mxs_unknown.bb
+++ b/meta-digi-arm/recipes-bsp/firmware-mxs/firmware-mxs_unknown.bb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ SUMMARY = "Firmware files for Digi's MXS based platforms, such as Atheros blueto
 SECTION = "base"
 LICENSE = "Proprietary"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${DIGI_EULA_FILE};md5=ef5b088ca04b6f10b1764aa182f4f51d"
+ALLOW_EMPTY = "1"
 
 PR = "${DISTRO}.r0"