diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libssh/libssh_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libssh/libssh_git.bb
index d21bdc3355..47fb39a5b6 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libssh/libssh_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libssh/libssh_git.bb
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ EXTRA_OECMAKE = " \
     -DWITH_ZLIB=1 \
     "
 
+PACKAGECONFIG ??=""
+PACKAGECONFIG[gssapi] = "-DWITH_GSSAPI=1, -DWITH_GSSAPI=0, krb5, "
+
 inherit cmake
 
 do_configure_prepend () {