diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu.inc
index d7457f2085..dc7b628d6d 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu.inc
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ do_install_append() {
 # END of qemu-mips workaround
 
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= " \
-	fdt sdl alsa \
+	fdt sdl \
+	${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'alsa', 'alsa', '', d)} \
 	${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'xen', 'xen', '', d)} \
 	"
 PACKAGECONFIG_class-native ??= "fdt alsa uuid"