diff --git a/meta/recipes-multimedia/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.inc b/meta/recipes-multimedia/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.inc
index b7a6eba195..27879ceeee 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-multimedia/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-multimedia/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.inc
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ USERADD_PARAM_pulseaudio-server = "--system --home /var/run/pulse \
 # adding the console-kit module to an image, we also get the necessary
 # consolekit package produced.
 PACKAGES =+ "libpulsecore libpulsecommon libpulse libpulse-simple libpulse-mainloop-glib \
-             pulseaudio-server pulseaudio-misc pulseaudio-module-console-kit"
+             pulseaudio-server pulseaudio-misc ${@base_contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'x11', 'pulseaudio-module-console-kit', '', d)}"
 
 #upgrade path:
 RREPLACES_pulseaudio-server = "libpulse-bin libpulse-conf"