diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-navigation/gpsd/gpsd_3.25.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-navigation/gpsd/gpsd_3.25.bb
index f893ac359b..e3b2f8bf69 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-navigation/gpsd/gpsd_3.25.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-navigation/gpsd/gpsd_3.25.bb
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ CLEANBROKEN = "1"
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'bluetooth', 'bluez', '', d)} usb"
 PACKAGECONFIG[bluez] = "bluez='true',bluez='false',bluez5"
 PACKAGECONFIG[qt] = "qt='yes' qt_versioned=5,qt='no',qtbase"
+PACKAGECONFIG[pyserial] = ""
 PACKAGECONFIG[usb] = "usb='true',usb='false',libusb1"
 EXTRA_OESCONS = " \
     sysroot=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET} \
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ FILES:python3-pygps = "${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}/* ${libdir}/gps/*.py ${libdir}
 RDEPENDS:python3-pygps = " \
     python3-core \
     python3-io \
-    python3-pyserial \
+    ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'pyserial', 'python3-pyserial', '', d)} \
     python3-threading \
     python3-terminal \
     gpsd \