diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/socat/socat_1.7.2.2.bb b/meta/recipes-connectivity/socat/socat_1.7.2.2.bb
index 2f0ee683a9..f015def60a 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/socat/socat_1.7.2.2.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/socat/socat_1.7.2.2.bb
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ SRC_URI = "http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/download/socat-${PV}.tar.bz2 \
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "39231e512d8052f328552865df15d42f"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "9a167af11a4d3809cbc66f5e2dcb39b6e371251282ef5de6ea6ff0c4be8a953c"
 
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= "tcp-wrappers"
+PACKAGECONFIG[tcp-wrappers] = "--enable-libwrap,--disable-libwrap,tcp-wrappers"
+
 EXTRA_OECONF += "ac_cv_have_z_modifier=yes sc_cv_sys_crdly_shift=9 \
         sc_cv_sys_tabdly_shift=11 sc_cv_sys_csize_shift=4 \
         ac_cv_ispeed_offset=13 \