diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/strongswan/strongswan_5.6.2.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/strongswan/strongswan_5.6.2.bb
index f2fe1f1cbc0..d505a23a2b2 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/strongswan/strongswan_5.6.2.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/strongswan/strongswan_5.6.2.bb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = " \
 EXTRA_OECONF += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'systemd', '--with-systemdsystemunitdir=${systemd_unitdir}/system/', '--without-systemdsystemunitdir', d)}"
 
 
-PACKAGECONFIG ??= "charon curl gmp openssl stroke sqlite3 \
+PACKAGECONFIG ?= "charon curl gmp openssl stroke sqlite3 \
         ${@bb.utils.filter('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'ldap', d)} \
 "
 PACKAGECONFIG[aesni] = "--enable-aesni,--disable-aesni,,${PN}-plugin-aesni"