diff --git a/meta/recipes-graphics/mesa/mesa-dri_git.bb b/meta/recipes-graphics/mesa/mesa-dri_git.bb
index 9c2c6a1b41..15cde609d2 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-graphics/mesa/mesa-dri_git.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-graphics/mesa/mesa-dri_git.bb
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 include mesa-common.inc
 include mesa-git.inc
 include mesa-dri.inc
+
+# this needs to be lower than -1 because all mesa-dri have -1 and git version has highest PV, but shouldn't be default
+DEFAULT_PREFERENCE = "-2"
+
 PR = "${INC_PR}.0"
 
 COMPATIBLE_HOST = '(i.86|x86_64).*-linux'
diff --git a/meta/recipes-graphics/mesa/mesa-xlib_git.bb b/meta/recipes-graphics/mesa/mesa-xlib_git.bb
index 7f827a70aa..97cac51744 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-graphics/mesa/mesa-xlib_git.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-graphics/mesa/mesa-xlib_git.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 include mesa-common.inc
 include mesa-git.inc
 include mesa-xlib.inc
+
+# this needs to be lower than -1 because all mesa-dri have -1 and git version has highest PV, but shouldn't be default
+DEFAULT_PREFERENCE = "-2"
+
 PR = "${INC_PR}.0"