diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/libpwquality/libpwquality_1.4.4.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/libpwquality/libpwquality_1.4.4.bb
index f892cc650..ea3787792 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/libpwquality/libpwquality_1.4.4.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/libpwquality/libpwquality_1.4.4.bb
@@ -32,9 +32,11 @@ EXTRA_OECONF += "--with-python-rev=${PYTHON_BASEVERSION} \
                  --libdir=${libdir} \
 "
 
-PACKAGECONFIG ??= "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'pam', 'pam', '', d)}"
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'pam', 'pam', '', d)} python-bindings"
+PACKAGECONFIG[python-bindings] = "--enable-python-bindings=yes, --enable-python-bindings=no"
 PACKAGECONFIG[pam] = "--enable-pam, --disable-pam, libpam"
 
+RDEPENDS:${PN}:remove = "${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'python-bindings', '', '${PYTHON_PN}-core', d)}"
 FILES:${PN} += "${libdir}/security/pam_pwquality.so"
 FILES:${PN}-dbg += "${libdir}/security/.debug"
 FILES:${PN}-staticdev += "${libdir}/security/pam_pwquality.a"