diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu.inc
index 5401dd2ec2..e2842f05b0 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu.inc
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[libusb] = "--enable-libusb,--disable-libusb,libusb1"
 PACKAGECONFIG[fdt] = "--enable-fdt,--disable-fdt,dtc"
 PACKAGECONFIG[alsa] = ",,alsa-lib"
 PACKAGECONFIG[glx] = "--enable-glx,--disable-glx,mesa"
+PACKAGECONFIG[lzo] = "--enable-lzo,--disable-lzo,lzo"
 
 EXTRA_OECONF += "${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'alsa', '--audio-drv-list=oss,alsa', '', d)}"