1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/file/file_5.38.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/file/file_5.38.bb
index b8f09107e8..f5ad568936 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/file/file_5.38.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/file/file_5.38.bb
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ SECTION = "console/utils"
 LICENSE = "BSD-2-Clause"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;beginline=2;md5=0251eaec1188b20d9a72c502ecfdda1b"
 
-DEPENDS = "zlib file-replacement-native"
-DEPENDS_class-native = "zlib-native"
+DEPENDS = "file-replacement-native"
+DEPENDS_class-native = ""
 
 SRC_URI = "git://github.com/file/file.git"
 
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
 inherit autotools update-alternatives
 
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= "zlib"
+PACKAGECONFIG_class-native ??= "zlib"
+PACKAGECONFIG[bz2] = "--enable-bzlib, --disable-bzlib, bzip2"
+PACKAGECONFIG[lzma] = "--enable-xzlib, --disable-xzlib, xz"
+PACKAGECONFIG[zlib] = "--enable-zlib, --disable-zlib, zlib"
+
 EXTRA_OECONF += "--disable-libseccomp"
 
 ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "file"