diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/networkmanager/networkmanager_1.42.6.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/networkmanager/networkmanager_1.42.6.bb
index 31687a30b9..ec386a4fb1 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/networkmanager/networkmanager_1.42.6.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/networkmanager/networkmanager_1.42.6.bb
@@ -70,11 +70,12 @@ do_compile:prepend() {
     export GI_TYPELIB_PATH="${B}}/src/libnm-client-impl${GI_TYPELIB_PATH:+:$GI_TYPELIB_PATH}"
 }
 
-PACKAGECONFIG ??= "readline nss ifupdown dnsmasq nmcli vala \
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= "readline nss ifupdown dnsmasq nmcli \
     ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'systemd', 'systemd', bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'x11', 'consolekit', '', d), d)} \
     ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'bluetooth', 'bluez5', '', d)} \
     ${@bb.utils.filter('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'wifi polkit', d)} \
     ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'selinux', 'selinux audit', '', d)} \
+    ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'gobject-introspection-data', 'vala', '', d)} \
 "
 
 inherit ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'vala', 'vala', '', d)}