diff --git a/scripts/package-metadata.pl b/scripts/package-metadata.pl
index f5d28e41a3..1a4f103810 100755
--- a/scripts/package-metadata.pl
+++ b/scripts/package-metadata.pl
@@ -179,9 +179,9 @@ sub mconf_depends {
 				my @vdeps = @$vdep;
 				$depend = shift @vdeps;
 				if (@vdeps > 1) {
-					$condition = '!('.join("||", map { "PACKAGE_".$_ } @vdeps).')';
+					$condition = ($condition ? "$condition && " : '') . '!('.join("||", map { "PACKAGE_".$_ } @vdeps).')';
 				} elsif (@vdeps > 0) {
-					$condition = '!PACKAGE_'.$vdeps[0];
+					$condition = ($condition ? "$condition && " : '') . '!PACKAGE_'.$vdeps[0];
 				}
 			}