diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/protobuf/protobuf_3.21.5.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/protobuf/protobuf_3.21.5.bb
index 88bef2c06d..0bc9cbedc0 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/protobuf/protobuf_3.21.5.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/protobuf/protobuf_3.21.5.bb
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 inherit cmake pkgconfig ptest
 
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= ""
+PACKAGECONFIG:class-native ?= "compiler"
 PACKAGECONFIG[python] = ",,"
+PACKAGECONFIG[compiler] = "-Dprotobuf_BUILD_PROTOC_BINARIES=ON,-Dprotobuf_BUILD_PROTOC_BINARIES=OFF"
 
 EXTRA_OECMAKE += "\
     -Dprotobuf_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \