diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-benchmark/iperf3/iperf3_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-benchmark/iperf3/iperf3_git.bb
index 58818bb32b..4a0f28ec71 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-benchmark/iperf3/iperf3_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-benchmark/iperf3/iperf3_git.bb
@@ -22,4 +22,7 @@ SRCREV = "e396134952a01199326665d1df7c51ae9e62e945"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
 inherit autotools
+
+PACKAGECONFIG[lksctp] = "ac_cv_header_netinet_sctp_h=yes,ac_cv_header_netinet_sctp_h=no,lksctp-tools"
+
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"