diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgpiod/libgpiod_1.6.5.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgpiod/libgpiod_1.6.5.bb
index 009cf9897a..583648a6a3 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgpiod/libgpiod_1.6.5.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgpiod/libgpiod_1.6.5.bb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "ae280f697bf035a1fb780c9972e5c81d0d2712b7ab6124fb3fba24619d
 FILESEXTRAPATHS:prepend := "${THISDIR}/${BPN}-1.x:"
 
 inherit python3native
+inherit_defer ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'python3', 'python3targetconfig', '', d)}
 
 PACKAGECONFIG[tests] = "--enable-tests,--disable-tests,kmod udev glib-2.0 catch2"
 PACKAGECONFIG[python3] = "--enable-bindings-python,--disable-bindings-python,python3"