diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/nspr/nspr_4.12.bb b/meta/recipes-support/nspr/nspr_4.12.bb
index 168341bc05..fa6d52357d 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/nspr/nspr_4.12.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/nspr/nspr_4.12.bb
@@ -147,6 +147,9 @@ TESTS = " \
 
 inherit autotools
 
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'ipv6', 'ipv6', '', d)}"
+PACKAGECONFIG[ipv6] = "--enable-ipv6,--disable-ipv6,"
+
 do_compile_prepend() {
 	oe_runmake CROSS_COMPILE=1 CFLAGS="-DXP_UNIX" LDFLAGS="" CC=gcc -C config export
 }