diff --git a/meta/recipes-graphics/graphene/graphene_1.10.8.bb b/meta/recipes-graphics/graphene/graphene_1.10.8.bb
index d14a6403ff43..5a051af1ca35 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-graphics/graphene/graphene_1.10.8.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-graphics/graphene/graphene_1.10.8.bb
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ PACKAGECONFIG ?= "gobject-types ${@bb.utils.contains('TUNE_FEATURES', 'aarch64',
 PACKAGECONFIG[gobject-types] = "-Dgobject_types=true,-Dgobject_types=false,glib-2.0"
 PACKAGECONFIG[neon] = "-Darm_neon=true,-Darm_neon=false,"
 
+# PACKAGECONFIG dependencies are not automatically carried forwards
+PACKAGECONFIG[vardeps] += "TUNE_FEATURES"
+
 GIR_MESON_ENABLE_FLAG = 'enabled'
 GIR_MESON_DISABLE_FLAG = 'disabled'