diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_255.17.bb b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_255.17.bb
index 8f5170929f..f85ad61080 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_255.17.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_255.17.bb
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[oomd] = "-Doomd=true,-Doomd=false"
 PACKAGECONFIG[openssl] = "-Dopenssl=true,-Dopenssl=false,openssl"
 PACKAGECONFIG[p11kit] = "-Dp11kit=true,-Dp11kit=false,p11-kit"
 PACKAGECONFIG[pam] = "-Dpam=true,-Dpam=false,libpam,${PAM_PLUGINS}"
-PACKAGECONFIG[pcre2] = "-Dpcre2=true,-Dpcre2=false,libpcre2"
+PACKAGECONFIG[pcre2] = "-Dpcre2=true,-Dpcre2=false,libpcre2,,libpcre2"
 PACKAGECONFIG[polkit] = "-Dpolkit=true,-Dpolkit=false"
 # If polkit is disabled and networkd+hostnamed are in use, enabling this option and
 # using dbus-broker will allow networkd to be authorized to change the