diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgusb/libgusb_0.3.8.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgusb/libgusb_0.3.8.bb
index 51e7349043..bde57e9ccb 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgusb/libgusb_0.3.8.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgusb/libgusb_0.3.8.bb
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[vapi] = "-Dvapi=true,-Dvapi=false"
 SRC_URI = "git://github.com/hughsie/libgusb.git;branch=main;protocol=https"
 SRCREV = "db9edbd8b45662d551194a0985173732f8f557a5"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
+
+PACKAGECONFIG[vala]  = "-Dvapi=true,-Dvapi=false"