diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/netcf/netcf_0.2.8.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/netcf/netcf_0.2.8.bb
index a4a9c91c6c..0f49d60602 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/netcf/netcf_0.2.8.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/netcf/netcf_0.2.8.bb
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ SRC_URI = "git://pagure.io/netcf.git;protocol=https \
 
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_GITTAGREGEX = "release-(?P<pver>(\d+(\.\d+)+))"
 
-DEPENDS += "augeas libnl libxslt libxml2 gnulib"
+DEPENDS += "augeas libnl libxslt libxml2"
+
+do_configure[depends] += "gnulib:do_populate_sysroot"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"