diff --git a/recipes-extended/libvirt/libvirt_git.bb b/recipes-extended/libvirt/libvirt_git.bb
index b6539bfa..b6f46722 100644
--- a/recipes-extended/libvirt/libvirt_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-extended/libvirt/libvirt_git.bb
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ PACKAGECONFIG:remove:armeb = "numactl"
 # enable,disable,depends,rdepends
 #
 PACKAGECONFIG[gnutls] = ",,,gnutls-bin"
-PACKAGECONFIG[qemu] = "-Ddriver_qemu=enabled -Dqemu_user=qemu -Dqemu_group=qemu,-Ddriver_qemu=disabled,qemu,"
+PACKAGECONFIG[qemu] = "-Ddriver_qemu=enabled -Dqemu_user=qemu -Dqemu_group=qemu,-Ddriver_qemu=disabled,qemu json-c,"
 PACKAGECONFIG[libxl] = "-Ddriver_libxl=enabled,-Ddriver_libxl=disabled,xen,"
 PACKAGECONFIG[openvz] = "-Ddriver_openvz=enabled,-Ddriver_openvz=disabled,,"
 PACKAGECONFIG[vmware] = "-Ddriver_vmware=enabled,-Ddriver_vmware=disabled,,"