diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils_6.9.bb b/meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils_6.9.bb
index c0778bacb5..2654028bcf 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils_6.9.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils_6.9.bb
@@ -32,6 +32,17 @@ SRC_URI_class-native = "${SRC_URI_BASE}"
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "c9607d8495f16e98906e7ed2d9751a06"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "89c2895ad157de50e53298b22d91db116ee4e1dd3fdf4019260254e2e31497b0"
 
+
+# acl is not a default feature
+#
+PACKAGECONFIG_class-target ??= "${@base_contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'acl', 'acl', '', d)}"
+PACKAGECONFIG_class-native ??= ""
+
+# with, without, depends, rdepends
+#
+PACKAGECONFIG[acl] = "--enable-acl,--disable-acl,acl,"
+
+
 # [ gets a special treatment and is not included in this
 bindir_progs = "base64 basename cksum comm csplit cut dir dircolors dirname du \
                 env expand expr factor fmt fold groups head hostid id install \