diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/libpcap/libpcap.inc b/meta/recipes-connectivity/libpcap/libpcap.inc
index 0ee7371d53..1a3c0c1e34 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/libpcap/libpcap.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/libpcap/libpcap.inc
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ inherit autotools binconfig-disabled
 
 EXTRA_OECONF = "--with-pcap=linux"
 
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= ""
+PACKAGECONFIG[libnl1] = "--with-libnl,--without-libnl,libnl1,libnl1"
+
 CPPFLAGS_prepend = "-I${S} "
 CFLAGS_prepend = "-I${S} "
 CXXFLAGS_prepend = "-I${S} "