diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/php/php_7.4.4.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/php/php_7.4.4.bb
index c1784a78d9..53cda40fbb 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/php/php_7.4.4.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/php/php_7.4.4.bb
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[opcache] = "--enable-opcache,--disable-opcache"
 PACKAGECONFIG[openssl] = "--with-openssl,--without-openssl,openssl"
 PACKAGECONFIG[valgrind] = "--with-valgrind=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}/usr,--with-valgrind=no,valgrind"
 PACKAGECONFIG[mbregex] = "--enable-mbregex, --disable-mbregex, oniguruma"
+PACKAGECONFIG[mbstring] = "--enable-mbstring,,"
 
 export PHP_NATIVE_DIR = "${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}"
 export PHP_PEAR_PHP_BIN = "${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/php"