diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/avahi/avahi.inc b/meta/recipes-connectivity/avahi/avahi.inc
index 7814464940..81219692d5 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/avahi/avahi.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/avahi/avahi.inc
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = "--with-avahi-priv-access-group=adm \
              --disable-python \
              --disable-doxygen-doc \
              --enable-manpages \
+             --enable-compat-libdns_sd \
              ${EXTRA_OECONF_SYSVINIT} \
              ${EXTRA_OECONF_SYSTEMD} \
            "
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ do_compile_prepend() {
     export GIR_EXTRA_LIBS_PATH="${B}/avahi-gobject/.libs:${B}/avahi-common/.libs:${B}/avahi-client/.libs:${B}/avahi-glib/.libs"
 }

-PACKAGES =+ "avahi-daemon libavahi-common libavahi-core libavahi-client avahi-dnsconfd libavahi-glib libavahi-ui avahi-autoipd avahi-utils"
+PACKAGES =+ "avahi-daemon libavahi-common libavahi-core libavahi-client avahi-dnsconfd libavahi-glib libavahi-ui avahi-autoipd avahi-utils libavahi-dnssd"

 # As avahi doesn't put any files into PN, clear the files list to avoid problems
 # if extra libraries appear.
@@ -103,9 +104,10 @@ FILES_avahi-dnsconfd = "${sbindir}/avahi-dnsconfd \
                         ${sysconfdir}/init.d/avahi-dnsconfd"
 FILES_libavahi-glib = "${libdir}/libavahi-glib.so.*"
 FILES_libavahi-gobject = "${libdir}/libavahi-gobject.so.*  ${libdir}/girepository-1.0/Avahi*.typelib"
+FILES_libavahi-dnssd = "${libdir}/libdns_sd.so.* ${includedir}/dns_sd.h"
 FILES_avahi-utils = "${bindir}/avahi-*"

-RDEPENDS_${PN}-dev = "avahi-daemon (= ${EXTENDPKGV}) libavahi-core (= ${EXTENDPKGV}) libavahi-client (= ${EXTENDPKGV})"
+RDEPENDS_${PN}-dev = "avahi-daemon (= ${EXTENDPKGV}) libavahi-core (= ${EXTENDPKGV}) libavahi-client (= ${EXTENDPKGV}) libavahi-dnssd (= ${EXTENDPKGV})"

 RRECOMMENDS_avahi-daemon_append_libc-glibc = " libnss-mdns"
 RRECOMMENDS_${PN}_append_libc-glibc = " libnss-mdns"