diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar.inc b/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar.inc
index 358384a2b2..30a1373fef 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar.inc
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ do_install_extra () {
 
 PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-rmt"
 
+PACKAGECONFIG[acl] = "--with-posix-acls, --without-posix-acls, acl,"
+
 FILES_${PN}-rmt = "${base_sbindir}/rmt*"
 
 inherit update-alternatives