diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pygobject_3.22.0.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pygobject_3.22.0.bb
index 5a895441fc..143048d9ef 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pygobject_3.22.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pygobject_3.22.0.bb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "08b29cfb08efc80f7a8630a2734dec65a99c1b59f1e5771c671d2e4ed8
 S = "${WORKDIR}/${SRCNAME}-${PV}"
 
 
-PACKAGECONFIG ??= "cairo"
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= "${@bb.utils.contains_any('DISTRO_FEATURES', [ 'directfb', 'wayland', 'x11' ], 'cairo', '', d)}"
 
 # python3-pycairo is checked on configuration -> DEPENDS
 # we don't link against python3-pycairo -> RDEPENDS