diff --git a/ros-image-pipeline/depend.mk b/ros-image-pipeline/depend.mk
index 1cf165eafff3c9d16328a01010f22a4a8ed8b5cb..79ffde58b948b6b33f856c93bd8e6575e268f5ef 100644
--- a/ros-image-pipeline/depend.mk
+++ b/ros-image-pipeline/depend.mk
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ ifeq (+,$(ROS_IMAGE_PIPELINE_DEPEND_MK)) # ------------------------------------
 include ../../meta-pkgs/ros-base/depend.common
 
 PREFER.ros-image-pipeline?=	${PREFER.ros-base}
+SYSTEM_PREFIX.ros-image-pipeline?=	${SYSTEM_PREFIX.ros-base}
 
 DEPEND_USE+=			ros-image-pipeline
 ROS_DEPEND_USE+=		ros-image-pipeline