diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgpiod/libgpiod.inc b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgpiod/libgpiod.inc
index cd77506..89679cb 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgpiod/libgpiod.inc
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgpiod/libgpiod.inc
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@
 
 inherit autotools pkgconfig
 
-# enable tools
-PACKAGECONFIG ?= "tools"
-
 PACKAGECONFIG[tests] = "--enable-tests,--disable-tests,kmod udev"
 PACKAGECONFIG[tools] = "--enable-tools,--disable-tools,"
 
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgpiod/libgpiod_0.3.3.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgpiod/libgpiod_0.3.3.bb
index 96615eb..3ecfffd 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgpiod/libgpiod_0.3.3.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgpiod/libgpiod_0.3.3.bb
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 require libgpiod.inc
 
+# enable tools
+PACKAGECONFIG ?= "tools"
+
 PACKAGECONFIG[tests] = "--enable-tests,--disable-tests,kmod udev"
 
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "2aa1e1a80c3c919ae142ab9a55fb59ca"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgpiod/libgpiod_1.3.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgpiod/libgpiod_1.3.bb
index e513a33..ffa2b9f 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgpiod/libgpiod_1.3.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgpiod/libgpiod_1.3.bb
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "9f7530a5d56f070ba0af78d6ba077973"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "6ec837f23e8f2196e5976dec4ac81403170830075e7f33ede1394eaf67f2e962"
 
+# enable tools and cxx bindings
+PACKAGECONFIG ?= "cxx tools"
+
 PACKAGECONFIG[cxx] = "--enable-bindings-cxx,--disable-bindings-cxx"
 PACKAGECONFIG[tests] = "--enable-tests --enable-install-tests,--disable-tests --disable-install-tests,kmod udev"