1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/wget.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/wget.py
index dc025800e6..fbfa6938ac 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/wget.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/wget.py
@@ -87,7 +87,10 @@ class Wget(FetchMethod):
         if not ud.localfile:
             ud.localfile = d.expand(urllib.parse.unquote(ud.host + ud.path).replace("/", "."))
 
-        self.basecmd = d.getVar("FETCHCMD_wget") or "/usr/bin/env wget -t 2 -T 30 --passive-ftp"
+        self.basecmd = d.getVar("FETCHCMD_wget") or "/usr/bin/env wget -t 2 -T 30"
+
+        if ud.type == 'ftp' or ud.type == 'ftps':
+            self.basecmd += " --passive-ftp"
 
         if not self.check_certs(d):
             self.basecmd += " --no-check-certificate"