diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/colord/colord.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/colord/colord.bb
index 571c4b1826..f954f4d97e 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/colord/colord.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/colord/colord.bb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require ${BPN}.inc
 
-inherit meson gobject-introspection gsettings gtk-doc gettext bash-completion systemd features_check useradd pkgconfig
+inherit meson gobject-introspection gsettings gtk-doc gettext bash-completion systemd features_check useradd pkgconfig vala
 
 # polkit and gobject-introspection are mandatory and cannot be configured
 REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "polkit gobject-introspection-data"
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@ EXTRA_OEMESON += " \
 	-Dpnp_ids=${datadir}/hwdata/pnp.ids \
 "
 
-PACKAGECONFIG ??= "${@bb.utils.filter('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'systemd', d)}"
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= "${@bb.utils.filter('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'systemd', d)} vapi"
 PACKAGECONFIG[systemd] = "-Dsystemd=true, -Dsystemd=false, systemd"
+PACKAGECONFIG[vapi] = "-Dvapi=true,-Dvapi=false"
 
 SYSTEMD_SERVICE:${PN} = "colord.service"