diff --git a/appends/oe-core/libsoup-2.4_%.bbappend b/appends/oe-core/libsoup-2.4_%.bbappend
index 94cec30..5b6b1d6 100644
--- a/appends/oe-core/libsoup-2.4_%.bbappend
+++ b/appends/oe-core/libsoup-2.4_%.bbappend
@@ -1 +1 @@
-PACKAGECONFIG ?= "gnome"
+PACKAGECONFIG_append = " gnome"