diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/uhd/uhd.inc b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/uhd/uhd.inc
index 476b763f5d..da1fbd8c79 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/uhd/uhd.inc
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/uhd/uhd.inc
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ FILES_${PN}-examples = "${datadir}/uhd/examples/*"
 OECMAKE_BUILDPATH = "${S}/build"
 OECMAKE_SOURCEPATH = "${S}"
 
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= ""
+PACKAGECONFIG[orc] = "-DENABLE_ORC=ON,-DENABLE_ORC=OFF,orc"
+
 EXTRA_OECMAKE = "-DENABLE_E100=TRUE"
 
 EXTRA_OEMAKE = "-C ${OECMAKE_BUILDPATH}"