diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/shadow/shadow.inc b/meta/recipes-extended/shadow/shadow.inc
index a164b8347f..40e6ab0b30 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/shadow/shadow.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/shadow/shadow.inc
@@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ do_install:append:class-native() {
         binaries=$(find ${D}${base_bindir}/ ${D}${base_sbindir}/ ${D}${bindir}/ ${D}${sbindir}/ -executable -type f)
         chrpath -k -r ${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}/lib-shadow-deps $binaries
         mkdir -p ${D}${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}/lib-shadow-deps/
-        install ${STAGING_LIBDIR_NATIVE}/libattr.so.* ${STAGING_LIBDIR_NATIVE}/libbsd.so.* ${STAGING_LIBDIR_NATIVE}/libmd.so.* ${D}${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}/lib-shadow-deps/
+        libattr=${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'xattr', "${STAGING_LIBDIR_NATIVE}/libattr.so.*", '', d)}
+        install $libattr ${STAGING_LIBDIR_NATIVE}/libbsd.so.* ${STAGING_LIBDIR_NATIVE}/libmd.so.* ${D}${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}/lib-shadow-deps/
         install ${D}${libdir}/*.so.* ${D}${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}/lib-shadow-deps/
 }