diff --git a/meta-isar/conf/layer.conf b/meta-isar/conf/layer.conf
index db08ab72..73bc8203 100644
--- a/meta-isar/conf/layer.conf
+++ b/meta-isar/conf/layer.conf
@@ -20,5 +20,6 @@ BBFILE_PRIORITY_mtda = "10"
 LAYERVERSION_mtda = "1"
 LAYERSERIES_COMPAT_mtda = "v0.6"
 LAYERDIR_mtda = "${LAYERDIR}"
+LAYERDIR_mtda[vardepvalue] = "mtda"
 
 THIRD_PARTY_APT_KEYS:append = " https://apt.fury.io/mtda/gpg.key;md5sum=bbdc764e1a3028aa70b6735692367f16"