diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/linuxconsole/linuxconsole_1.7.1.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/linuxconsole/linuxconsole_1.7.1.bb
index a2a420ced8..53023b99a0 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/linuxconsole/linuxconsole_1.7.1.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/linuxconsole/linuxconsole_1.7.1.bb
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ SYSTEMD_AUTO_ENABLE:inputattach = "enable"
 PROVIDES += "joystick"
 
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= "sdl"
-PACKAGECONFIG[sdl] = ",,libsdl2"
+PACKAGECONFIG[sdl] = ",,virtual/libsdl2"
 
 do_compile() {
     if ! ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'sdl', 'true', 'false', d)}; then