diff --git a/meta/recipes-gnome/gcr/gcr_4.0.0.bb b/meta/recipes-gnome/gcr/gcr_4.0.0.bb
index 22edd386fc..b137968943 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-gnome/gcr/gcr_4.0.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-gnome/gcr/gcr_4.0.0.bb
@@ -29,11 +29,13 @@ PACKAGECONFIG ??= " \
 	${@bb.utils.filter('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'systemd', d)} \
 	${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'x11', 'gtk', '', d)} \
 	${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'wayland', 'gtk', '', d)} \
+	${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'gobject-introspection-data', 'vapi', '', d)} \
 "
 PACKAGECONFIG[gtk] = "-Dgtk4=true,-Dgtk4=false,gtk4"
 PACKAGECONFIG[ssh_agent] = "-Dssh_agent=true,-Dssh_agent=false,libsecret,openssh"
 #'Use systemd socket activation for server programs'
 PACKAGECONFIG[systemd] = "-Dsystemd=enabled,-Dsystemd=disabled,systemd"
+PACKAGECONFIG[vapi] = "-Dvapi=true,-Dvapi=false,"
 
 FILES:${PN} += " \
     ${datadir}/dbus-1 \