diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libosinfo/libosinfo_1.10.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libosinfo/libosinfo_1.10.bb
index b02bc12816..d724c52ea9 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libosinfo/libosinfo_1.10.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libosinfo/libosinfo_1.10.bb
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ GIR_MESON_ENABLE_FLAG = 'enabled'
 GIR_MESON_DISABLE_FLAG = 'disabled'
 GTKDOC_MESON_OPTION = "enable-gtk-doc"
 
-EXTRA_OEMESON = " \
+EXTRA_OEMESON += " \
 	-Dwith-pci-ids-path=${datadir}/pci.ids \
 	-Dwith-usb-ids-path=${datadir}/usb.ids \
-	-Denable-vala=enabled \
+	${@bb.utils.contains('GI_DATA_ENABLED', 'True', '-Denable-vala=enabled', '-Denable-vala=disabled', d)} \
 "
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN} = "pciutils-ids usbids"