diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase_%.bbappend b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase_%.bbappend
index 238d8bdf50ed984d2b97c12988e97f06c94277d4..728f99dc0bcf957d646ea684173be6aaa4b49b12 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase_%.bbappend
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase_%.bbappend
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 PACKAGECONFIG_DISTRO_append = " ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'opengl', 'gbm gles2 kms eglfs', 'no-opengl', d)} "
 PACKAGECONFIG_DISTRO_append = " linuxfb "
+PACKAGECONFIG_DISTRO_append = " gif "
 PACKAGECONFIG_DISTRO_append = " sql-sqlite2 sql-sqlite sql-mysql sql-psql "
 PACKAGECONFIG_DISTRO_append = " examples "