diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/libblockdev/libblockdev_3.2.1.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/libblockdev/libblockdev_3.2.1.bb
index 48e6971d1a..e4078d6862 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/libblockdev/libblockdev_3.2.1.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/libblockdev/libblockdev_3.2.1.bb
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[crypto] = "--with-crypto,--without-crypto,cryptsetup keyutils nss
 PACKAGECONFIG[mdraid] = "--with-mdraid,--without-mdraid,libbytesize"
 PACKAGECONFIG[mpath] = "--with-mpath,--without-mpath, multipath-tools, lvm2"
 PACKAGECONFIG[tools] = "--with-tools,--without-tools,libbytesize libdevmapper"
-PACKAGECONFIG[smart] = "--with-smart,--without-smart,libatasmart"
+PACKAGECONFIG[smart] = "--with-smart --with-drivedb=${RECIPE_SYSROOT}${datadir}/smartmontools,--without-smart,libatasmart smartmontools"
 PACKAGECONFIG[smartmontools] = "--with-smartmontools,--without-smartmontools,json-glib,smartmontools"
 
 export GIR_EXTRA_LIBS_PATH = "${B}/src/utils/.libs"