diff --git a/recipes-networking/openvswitch/openvswitch_git.bb b/recipes-networking/openvswitch/openvswitch_git.bb
index 35f4ba8b..b4aab355 100644
--- a/recipes-networking/openvswitch/openvswitch_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-networking/openvswitch/openvswitch_git.bb
@@ -50,8 +50,9 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=17b2c9d4c70853a09c0e143137754b35"
 
 DPDK_INSTALL_DIR ?= "/opt/dpdk"
 
-PACKAGECONFIG ?= ""
+PACKAGECONFIG ?= "libcap-ng"
 PACKAGECONFIG[dpdk] = "--with-dpdk=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}${DPDK_INSTALL_DIR}/share/${TARGET_ARCH}-native-linuxapp-gcc,,dpdk,dpdk"
+PACKAGECONFIG[libcap-ng] = "--enable-libcapng,--disable-libcapng,libcap-ng,"
 
 # Don't compile kernel modules by default since it heavily depends on
 # kernel version. Use the in-kernel module for now.