diff --git a/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/nginx/nginx.inc b/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/nginx/nginx.inc
index 903a62b3d73..aad832df02c 100644
--- a/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/nginx/nginx.inc
+++ b/meta-webserver/recipes-httpd/nginx/nginx.inc
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ PACKAGECONFIG ??= "ssl"
 PACKAGECONFIG[http2] = "--with-http_v2_module,,"
 PACKAGECONFIG[ssl] = "--with-http_ssl_module,,openssl"
 PACKAGECONFIG[http-auth-request] = "--with-http_auth_request_module,,"
+PACKAGECONFIG[stream] = "--with-stream,,"
 
 do_configure () {
     if [ "${SITEINFO_BITS}" = "64" ]; then