diff --git a/package/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.mk b/package/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.mk
index 36661ccd00..06b0b843c5 100644
--- a/package/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.mk
+++ b/package/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.mk
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ PULSEAUDIO_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_AVAHI_DAEMON),avahi) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS),dbus) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BLUEZ_UTILS),bluez_utils) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV),udev) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),openssl) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW),fftw) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_WEBRTC_AUDIO_PROCESSING),webrtc-audio-processing) \
@@ -79,6 +78,13 @@ else
 PULSEAUDIO_CONF_OPTS += --without-soxr
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV),y)
+PULSEAUDIO_CONF_OPTS += --enable-libudev
+PULSEAUDIO_DEPENDENCIES += udev
+else
+PULSEAUDIO_CONF_OPTS += --disable-libudev
+endif
+
 ifneq ($(BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP),y)
 # The optional webrtc echo canceller is written in C++, causing auto* to want
 # to link module-echo-cancel.so with CXX even if webrtc ISN'T used.