diff --git a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/grilo/grilo-plugins_0.3.16.bb b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/grilo/grilo-plugins_0.3.16.bb
index 00474ce446..91cbe82ea9 100644
--- a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/grilo/grilo-plugins_0.3.16.bb
+++ b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/grilo/grilo-plugins_0.3.16.bb
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ DEPENDS = " \
     gperf-native \
     itstool-native \
     grilo \
-    tracker \
     lua \
     liboauth \
 "
@@ -19,4 +18,7 @@ inherit gnomebase gnome-help vala
 SRC_URI += "file://0001-Avoid-running-trackertestutils.patch"
 SRC_URI[archive.sha256sum] = "fe6f4dbe586c6b8ba2406394e202f22d009d642a96eb3a54f32f6a21d084cdcb"
 
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'gobject-introspection-data', 'tracker', '', d)}"
+PACKAGECONFIG[tracker] = "-Denable-tracker3=yes,-Denable-tracker3=no,tracker"
+
 FILES:${PN} += "${libdir}/grilo-0.3"