diff --git a/subprojects/packagefiles/pcre2/meson.build b/subprojects/packagefiles/pcre2/meson.build
index 415163e3d..0c09bbae8 100644
--- a/subprojects/packagefiles/pcre2/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/packagefiles/pcre2/meson.build
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ if not get_option('jit_sealloc').disabled()
       cdata.set10('SLJIT_PROT_EXECUTABLE_ALLOCATOR', true)
     elif get_option('jit_sealloc').enabled()
       error('Your configuration is not supported')
+    else
+      message('jit_sealloc is not supported on this platform')
     endif
   endif
 endif
diff --git a/subprojects/packagefiles/pcre2/meson_options.txt b/subprojects/packagefiles/pcre2/meson_options.txt
index b6ed9ab23..578e822c3 100644
--- a/subprojects/packagefiles/pcre2/meson_options.txt
+++ b/subprojects/packagefiles/pcre2/meson_options.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ option(
   description: 'Support for Just-in-time compiling'
 )
 option(
-  'jit_sealloc', type: 'feature', value: 'enabled',
+  'jit_sealloc', type: 'feature', value: 'auto',
   description: 'SELinux compatible execmem allocator in JIT (experimental)'
 )
 option(