diff --git a/meta/recipes-graphics/mesa/mesa-gl.bb b/meta/recipes-graphics/mesa/mesa-gl.bb
index 832137c818..3b55d2b77e 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-graphics/mesa/mesa-gl.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-graphics/mesa/mesa-gl.bb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ PROVIDES = "virtual/libgl virtual/mesa"
 TARGET_CFLAGS = "-I${STAGING_INCDIR}/drm"
 
 # At least one DRI rendering engine is required to build mesa.
-PACKAGECONFIG = "opengl gallium ${@bb.utils.filter('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'x11', d)}"
+PACKAGECONFIG = "opengl gallium ${@bb.utils.filter('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'x11', d)} xmlconfig"
 
 PACKAGECONFIG:append:x86 = " libclc gallium-llvm intel amd nouveau svga"
 PACKAGECONFIG:append:x86-64 = " libclc gallium-llvm intel amd nouveau svga"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-graphics/mesa/mesa.bb b/meta/recipes-graphics/mesa/mesa.bb
index db5eab5fb2..49e077b20c 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-graphics/mesa/mesa.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-graphics/mesa/mesa.bb
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ PACKAGECONFIG = " \
 	${@bb.utils.filter('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'x11 vulkan wayland glvnd', d)} \
 	${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'opengl', 'opengl egl gles gbm virgl', '', d)} \
 	${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'vulkan', 'zink', '', d)} \
+	xmlconfig \
 "
 
 PACKAGECONFIG:append:x86 = " libclc gallium-llvm intel amd nouveau svga"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-graphics/mesa/mesa.inc b/meta/recipes-graphics/mesa/mesa.inc
index 81b099bf6e..4b1c11be55 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-graphics/mesa/mesa.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-graphics/mesa/mesa.inc
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ TOOLS_DEPS:append = "${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'freedreno', ' ncurse
 PACKAGECONFIG[freedreno-fdperf] = ",,libconfig"
 
 PACKAGECONFIG[tools] = "-Dtools=${@strip_comma('${TOOLS}')}, -Dtools='', ${TOOLS_DEPS}"
+PACKAGECONFIG[xmlconfig] = "-Dxmlconfig=enabled, -Dxmlconfig=disabled, expat"
 
 PACKAGECONFIG[opengl] = "-Dopengl=true, -Dopengl=false"
 PACKAGECONFIG[glvnd] = "-Dglvnd=enabled, -Dglvnd=disabled, libglvnd"