diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/dpkg.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/dpkg.bbclass
index c1c38184..24eb0f7e 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/dpkg.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/dpkg.bbclass
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ dpkg_runbuild() {
 
     echo '$apt_keep_downloaded_packages = 1;' >> ${SBUILD_CONFIG}
     echo '$stalled_pkg_timeout = ${DPKG_BUILD_TIMEOUT};' >> ${SBUILD_CONFIG}
+    echo '$chroot_mode = "schroot";' >> ${SBUILD_CONFIG}
+    echo '$schroot = "schroot";' >> ${SBUILD_CONFIG}
 
     DSC_FILE=$(find ${WORKDIR} -maxdepth 1 -name "${DEBIAN_SOURCE}_*.dsc" -print)