diff --git a/poky/meta/classes-global/package.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes-global/package.bbclass
index 2ad820a..f56bca3 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes-global/package.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes-global/package.bbclass
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
         deps = ""
         for dep in (d.getVar('PACKAGE_DEPENDS') or "").split():
             deps += " %s:do_populate_sysroot" % dep
-        if d.getVar('PACKAGE_MINIDEBUGINFO') == '1':
+        if bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'minidebuginfo', True, False, d):
             deps += ' xz-native:do_populate_sysroot'
         d.appendVarFlag('do_package', 'depends', deps)