diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/upower/upower_1.90.6.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/upower/upower_1.90.6.bb
index 2cffdc14f6..6d5fa70162 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/upower/upower_1.90.6.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/upower/upower_1.90.6.bb
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@ GTKDOC_MESON_OPTION = "gtk-doc"
 
 inherit meson pkgconfig gtk-doc gettext gobject-introspection systemd
 
-PACKAGECONFIG ??= "${@bb.utils.filter('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'systemd', d)}"
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= "${@bb.utils.filter('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'systemd polkit', d)}"
 PACKAGECONFIG[idevice] = "-Didevice=enabled,-Didevice=disabled,libimobiledevice libplist"
 PACKAGECONFIG[systemd] = "-Dsystemdsystemunitdir=${systemd_system_unitdir},-Dsystemdsystemunitdir=no -Dudevrulesdir=${base_libdir}/udev/rules.d,systemd"
+PACKAGECONFIG[polkit] = "-Dpolkit=enabled,-Dpolkit=disabled,polkit"
 
 EXTRA_OEMESON = " \
     -Dos_backend=linux \
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ RDEPENDS:${PN} += "dbus"
 RRECOMMENDS:${PN} += "pm-utils"
 FILES:${PN} += " \
     ${datadir}/dbus-1/ \
+    ${datadir}/polkit-1/ \
     ${base_libdir}/udev/* \
 "