diff --git a/meta/recipes-gnome/epiphany/epiphany_41.0.bb b/meta/recipes-gnome/epiphany/epiphany_41.0.bb
index 09210b68aa..bc13f10b35 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-gnome/epiphany/epiphany_41.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-gnome/epiphany/epiphany_41.0.bb
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ DEPENDS = " \
           libhandy \
           libportal \
           glib-2.0-native \
+          ${@bb.utils.contains("PACKAGECONFIG", "soup2", "libsoup-2.4", "libsoup", d)} \
           "
 
 GNOMEBASEBUILDCLASS = "meson"
@@ -30,10 +31,11 @@ SRC_URI = "${GNOME_MIRROR}/${GNOMEBN}/${@oe.utils.trim_version("${PV}", 1)}/${GN
            "
 SRC_URI[archive.sha256sum] = "b39d1825492595b0b74c5d6a6686a857f9419dfa4c02f8013c297bc870e26dd0"
 
-EXTRA_OEMESON += "-Dsoup2=disabled"
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= "soup2"
 
 # Developer mode enables debugging
 PACKAGECONFIG[developer-mode] = "-Ddeveloper_mode=true,-Ddeveloper_mode=false"
+PACKAGECONFIG[soup2] = "-Dsoup2=enabled,-Dsoup2=disabled,,"
 
 FILES:${PN} += "${datadir}/dbus-1 ${datadir}/gnome-shell/search-providers ${datadir}/metainfo"
 RDEPENDS:${PN} = "iso-codes adwaita-icon-theme gsettings-desktop-schemas"