diff --git a/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky.conf b/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky.conf
index 2a5ffb6172..67242298f5 100644
--- a/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky.conf
+++ b/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky.conf
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ EXTRAOPKGCONFIG = "poky-feed-config-opkg"
 DISTRO_EXTRA_RDEPENDS += "task-core-boot"
 DISTRO_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS += "kernel-module-af-packet"
 
-POKYQEMUDEPS = "qemu-config"
+POKYQEMUDEPS = "${@base_contains("INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE", "GPLv3", "", "qemu-config",d)}"
 DISTRO_EXTRA_RDEPENDS_append_qemuarm = " ${POKYQEMUDEPS}"
 DISTRO_EXTRA_RDEPENDS_append_qemumips = " ${POKYQEMUDEPS}"
 DISTRO_EXTRA_RDEPENDS_append_qemuppc = " ${POKYQEMUDEPS}"