diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/libsdl/libsdl2-mixer_2.8.1.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/libsdl/libsdl2-mixer_2.8.1.bb
index 71d3dd7f90..ef205745a0 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/libsdl/libsdl2-mixer_2.8.1.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/libsdl/libsdl2-mixer_2.8.1.bb
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ do_configure:prepend() {
 	touch ${STAGING_BINDIR}/wvtag
 }
 
+EXTRA_OECMAKE += "-DSDL2MIXER_VORBIS=VORBISFILE -DSDL2MIXER_VORBIS_VORBISFILE=ON"
+
 FILES:${PN} += "${datadir}/licenses"
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN} = "fluidsynth-bin wavpack-bin"