diff --git a/classes/catkin.bbclass b/classes/catkin.bbclass
index e34178f..8d487e3 100644
--- a/classes/catkin.bbclass
+++ b/classes/catkin.bbclass
@@ -45,4 +45,10 @@ FILES_${PN}-dev += "\
     ${datadir}/${ROS_BPN}/*.template \
     "
 
+SYSROOT_PREPROCESS_FUNCS += "catkin_sysroot_preprocess"
+
+catkin_sysroot_preprocess () {
+    sysroot_stage_dir ${D}${prefix}/etc ${SYSROOT_DESTDIR}${prefix}/etc
+}
+
 BBCLASSEXTEND += "native"