diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-system-native_8.1.0.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-system-native_8.1.0.bb
index 04c7c2a6ac..558a416f7b 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-system-native_8.1.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-system-native_8.1.0.bb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DEPENDS = "glib-2.0-native zlib-native pixman-native qemu-native bison-native me
 
 EXTRA_OECONF:append = " --target-list=${@get_qemu_system_target_list(d)}"
 
-PACKAGECONFIG ??= "fdt alsa kvm pie slirp \
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= "fdt alsa kvm pie slirp png \
     ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'opengl', 'virglrenderer epoxy', '', d)} \
 "