2 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python/python2-manifest.json b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python/python2-manifest.json
index 260fa6f80d..a9f392475c 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python/python2-manifest.json
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python/python2-manifest.json
@@ -966,6 +966,7 @@
             "core"
         ], 
         "files": [
+            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/lib-dynload/_tkinter.so",
             "${libdir}/python2.7/lib-tk"
         ]
     }, 
@@ -1043,4 +1044,4 @@
             "${libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/zlib.so"
         ]
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python_2.7.15.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python_2.7.15.bb
index dd969d8e7e..6a60aa7f5b 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python_2.7.15.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python_2.7.15.bb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ SRC_URI += "\
   file://setuptweaks.patch \
   file://check-if-target-is-64b-not-host.patch \
   file://search_db_h_in_inc_dirs_and_avoid_warning.patch \
-  file://avoid_warning_about_tkinter.patch \
+  ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'tk', '', 'file://avoid_warning_about_tkinter.patch', d)} \
   file://avoid_warning_for_sunos_specific_module.patch \
   file://python-2.7.3-remove-bsdb-rpath.patch \
   file://run-ptest \
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ EXTRA_OECONF += "ac_cv_file__dev_ptmx=yes ac_cv_file__dev_ptc=no"
 
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= "bdb"
 PACKAGECONFIG[bdb] = ",,db"
+PACKAGECONFIG[tk] = ",,tk"
 
 do_configure_append() {
         rm -f ${S}/Makefile.orig
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@ RDEPENDS_${PN}-modules += "${PN}-misc"
 
 # ptest
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-ptest = "${PN}-modules ${PN}-tests unzip"
-
+RDEPENDS_${PN}-tkinter += "${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'tk', 'tk', '', d)}"
 # catch manpage
 PACKAGES += "${PN}-man"
 FILES_${PN}-man = "${datadir}/man"