diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups.inc b/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups.inc
index cf06c9f1b8..714be4b26c 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups.inc
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ do_install () {
 	rmdir ${D}/${libexecdir}/${BPN}/driver
 
 	# Fix the pam configuration file permissions
-	if ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'pam', 'true', 'false', d)}; then
+	if ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'pam', 'true', 'false', d)}; then
 	    chmod 0644 ${D}${sysconfdir}/pam.d/cups
 	fi