diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/conf/distro/dey.conf b/meta-digi-dey/conf/distro/dey.conf
index 776a454c8..cb91f1782 100644
--- a/meta-digi-dey/conf/distro/dey.conf
+++ b/meta-digi-dey/conf/distro/dey.conf
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ TARGET_VENDOR = "-dey"
 LOCALCONF_VERSION = "1"
 
 # Override these in poky based distros
-POKY_DEFAULT_DISTRO_FEATURES = "largefile opengl ptest multiarch wayland bluez5"
+POKY_DEFAULT_DISTRO_FEATURES = "largefile opengl ptest multiarch wayland bluez5 cellular"
 POKY_DEFAULT_EXTRA_RDEPENDS = "packagegroup-dey-core"
 POKY_DEFAULT_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS = ""
 
diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/packagegroups/packagegroup-dey-network.bb b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/packagegroups/packagegroup-dey-network.bb
index 141732731..2a960787d 100644
--- a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/packagegroups/packagegroup-dey-network.bb
+++ b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/packagegroups/packagegroup-dey-network.bb
@@ -23,9 +23,14 @@ VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_snmp-manager ?= ""
 
 VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_ntp-client ?= "busybox-ntpd"
 
+CELLULAR_PKGS = "\
+    modemmanager \
+    ppp \
+"
+
 RDEPENDS_${PN} = "\
-	ppp \
 	iproute2 \
+	${@base_contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'cellular', '${CELLULAR_PKGS}', '', d)} \
 	${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_ftp-server} \
 	${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_http-server} \
 	${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_network-utils} \