diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/wget/wget.inc b/meta/recipes-extended/wget/wget.inc
index 151aeabcdce..d2f772e4090 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/wget/wget.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/wget/wget.inc
@@ -36,5 +36,5 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[iri] = "--enable-iri,--disable-iri,libidn2"
 PACKAGECONFIG[libpsl] = "--with-libpsl,--without-libpsl,libpsl"
 PACKAGECONFIG[libuuid] = "--with-libuuid,--without-libuuid,util-linux"
 PACKAGECONFIG[openssl] = "--with-ssl=openssl,,openssl"
-PACKAGECONFIG[pcre] = "--enable-pcre,--disable-pcre,libpcre"
+PACKAGECONFIG[pcre] = "--enable-pcre2,--disable-pcre2,libpcre2"
 PACKAGECONFIG[zlib] = "--with-zlib,--without-zlib,zlib"