diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/vala/files/vala.m4 b/meta/recipes-devtools/vala/files/vala.m4
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+# A stub defintion that does nothing
+AC_DEFUN([VALA_PROG_VAPIGEN],[])
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/vala/vala-stub.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/vala/vala-stub.bb
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+SUMMARY = "Stub vala.m4 for building without vala support"
+LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://vala.m4;md5=f38dd167c10adc458a1bcbc96443cdfa"
+PROVIDES = "vala"
+
+SRC_URI = "file://vala.m4"
+inherit allarch
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}"
+
+do_install() {
+	install -d ${D}${datadir}/aclocal
+	install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/vala.m4 ${D}${datadir}/aclocal/
+}
+
+BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"