diff --git a/package/libvirt/Config.in b/package/libvirt/Config.in
index f0687cd5db..3f4fc70e62 100644
--- a/package/libvirt/Config.in
+++ b/package/libvirt/Config.in
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBVIRT_QEMU
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_HWDATA_PCI_IDS # libpciaccess
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSECCOMP
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_SYSTEM if BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_CUSTOM_TARGETS = ""
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_SYSTEM
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_YAJL
 	help
 	  QEMU/KVM support