diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu_8.0.4.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu_8.0.4.bb
index 5d3c47c3b0..84ee0bcc49 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu_8.0.4.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu_8.0.4.bb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ EXTRA_OECONF:append:class-nativesdk = " --target-list=${@get_qemu_target_list(d)
 
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= " \
     fdt sdl kvm pie slirp \
-    ${@bb.utils.filter('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'alsa xen', d)} \
+    ${@bb.utils.filter('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'alsa pulseaudio xen', d)} \
     ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'opengl', 'virglrenderer epoxy', '', d)} \
     ${@bb.utils.filter('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'seccomp', d)} \
 "