diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/rrdtool/rrdtool_1.4.7.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/rrdtool/rrdtool_1.4.7.bb
index b92fe2fb60..dc43163e0a 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/rrdtool/rrdtool_1.4.7.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/rrdtool/rrdtool_1.4.7.bb
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ inherit autotools gettext
 
 EXTRA_AUTORECONF = "-I m4"
 
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= ""
+PACKAGECONFIG[dbi] = "--enable-libdbi,--disable-libdbi,libdbi"
+
 EXTRA_OECONF = " \
     --enable-shared \
     --enable-local-libpng \