diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-system-native_4.2.0.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-system-native_4.2.0.bb
index d83ee59375..5ae6a37f26 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-system-native_4.2.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-system-native_4.2.0.bb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ DEPENDS = "glib-2.0-native zlib-native pixman-native qemu-native bison-native"
 
 EXTRA_OECONF_append = " --target-list=${@get_qemu_system_target_list(d)}"
 
-PACKAGECONFIG ??= "fdt alsa kvm"
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= "fdt alsa kvm slirp"
 
 # Handle distros such as CentOS 5 32-bit that do not have kvm support
 PACKAGECONFIG_remove = "${@'kvm' if not os.path.exists('/usr/include/linux/kvm.h') else ''}"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu.inc
index fff2c87780..e9fcb239b4 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu.inc
@@ -279,6 +279,8 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[capstone] = "--enable-capstone,--disable-capstone"
 PACKAGECONFIG[libnfs] = "--enable-libnfs,--disable-libnfs,libnfs"
 PACKAGECONFIG[brlapi] = "--enable-brlapi,--disable-brlapi"
 PACKAGECONFIG[vde] = "--enable-vde,--disable-vde"
+# version 4.2.0 doesn't have an "internal" option for enable-slirp, so use "git" which uses the same configure code path
+PACKAGECONFIG[slirp] = "--enable-slirp=git,--disable-slirp"
 PACKAGECONFIG[rbd] = "--enable-rbd,--disable-rbd"
 PACKAGECONFIG[rdma] = "--enable-rdma,--disable-rdma"
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu_4.2.0.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu_4.2.0.bb
index f9905e2812..05449afe4e 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu_4.2.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu_4.2.0.bb
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ do_install_append_class-nativesdk() {
 }
 
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= " \
-    fdt sdl kvm \
+    fdt sdl kvm slirp \
     ${@bb.utils.filter('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'alsa xen', d)} \
     ${@bb.utils.filter('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'seccomp', d)} \
 "
-PACKAGECONFIG_class-nativesdk ??= "fdt sdl kvm"
+PACKAGECONFIG:class-nativesdk ??= "fdt sdl kvm slirp"