diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-core/uutils-coreutils/uutils-coreutils_0.0.28.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-core/uutils-coreutils/uutils-coreutils_0.0.28.bb
index 76cecac5a6..3d94d4c985 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-core/uutils-coreutils/uutils-coreutils_0.0.28.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-core/uutils-coreutils/uutils-coreutils_0.0.28.bb
@@ -22,7 +22,15 @@ require ${BPN}-crates.inc
 PROVIDES = "coreutils"
 RPROVIDES:${PN} = "coreutils"
 
-PACKAGECONFIG ?= "${@bb.utils.filter('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'selinux', d)}"
+python __anonymous() {
+    if bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'selinux', True, False, d):
+        if bb.utils.contains('BBFILE_COLLECTIONS', 'clang-layer', True, False, d):
+            d.appendVar('PACKAGECONFIG', ' selinux')
+        else:
+            bb.warn("selinux is enabled but clang-layer is not in BBFILE_COLLECTIONS, "
+                    "selinux support will be disabled. Add meta-clang to your bblayers.conf "
+                    "if selinux support on uutils-coreutils is required.")
+}
 
 PACKAGECONFIG[selinux] = "--with-selinux,--without-selinux,libselinux"